Acolhua
/aˈkol.wa/noun
An Indigenous Nahua people of central Mexico, historically associated with the city-state of Texcoco.
Did you know?Acolhua is a Nahuatl ethnonym for a real people of central Mexico, and its exact internal etymology is not securely established in standard references, so it should not be forced into a fake “hidden meaning.”
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian era
Nahuatl
Acolhua
“The name of a Nahua people and polity in the Basin of Mexico”
15th Century
Nahuatl
Acolhuacan
“The region or territory associated with the Acolhua”
16th Century
Spanish
acolhua
“Spanish colonial transcription of the indigenous ethnonym”
Modern English
English
Acolhua
“The established historical name for the Acolhua people”
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