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Moctezuma

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  1. 1
    Aztec emperor from 1440 to 1469.
  2. 2
    Aztec emperor from 1502 to 1520, during which time the Spanish conquest of Mexico began.

    "Moteçuma therefore, having notice of this Captaines victories, that he advanced for his conquest, that hee was confederate and ioyned with them of Tlascalla, his capitall enemies, ..."

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl Motēuczōma (“he who frowns like a lord”), from mo- (reflexive prefix) + tēuc- (“lord”) + -zōma (“to frown in anger”).

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