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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of a group of people indigenous to the Central Mexico region spanning multiple tribal groups including the Aztecs.
2. 2
   the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahuatl wordnet
3. 3
   a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The polysynthetic Aztecan language spoken by an indigenous people of Mexico.

Synonyms

All synonyms

aztecaztecmexicanmexicannahuatl languagenahuatlato

Example

More examples

"I learn Nahuatl at my school. I'm Mexican."

Etymology

From Spanish náhuatl, from Classical Nahuatl nahuatl, nahuatlatolli (“the clear or understandable language”).

Related phrases

Central NahuatlClassical NahuatlTetelcingo Nahuatl

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.