Tepeji
/teˈpe.xi/noun
A place-name used for locations in Mexico, especially Tepeji del Río de Ocampo in Hidalgo.
Did you know?Tepeji is generally traced to Nahuatl *Tepexic*, a landscape name connected with rocky terrain, though historical spellings and exact grammatical analysis vary.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian period
Nahuatl
tepetl
“Mountain, hill, or elevated rocky land”
Pre-Columbian period
Nahuatl
Tepexic
“A place associated with cliffs, crags, or rocky terrain”
16th Century
Colonial Spanish
Tepexic / Tepexic
“Recorded Hispanic spellings of the Nahuatl place-name”
Modern Spanish
Spanish
Tepeji
“The modern Spanish-form place-name, used particularly for Tepeji del Río”
Modern English
English
Tepeji
“A Mexican proper noun and place-name”