altepetepantli
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From āltepētl (“town, city”) + tepāntli (“wall, boundary”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
āltepētepāntli (inanimate)
- A marking of the delimitation of a city or town.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 4r. col. 2:
- Altepetepantli. terminos, o mojones dela ciu- / dad.
- Altepetepantli. markings of the boundaries of the city.
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References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 4