Quetzalcóatl

See also: Quetzalcoatl

Spanish

Alternative forms
  • Quetzalcohua, Quezalcohua (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Quetzalcōātl (“quetzal feather serpent”), from quetzalli (“quetzal feather”) + cōātl (“snake”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ketθalˈkoatl/ [ket̪.θalˈko.a.t̪l]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ketsalˈkoatl/ [ke.t̪salˈko.a.t̪l]
  • Rhymes: -oatl
  • Syllabification: Que‧tzal‧có‧a‧tl
  • Audio (Latin America)(file)

Proper noun

Quetzalcóatl m

  1. Quetzalcoatl
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