Texcoco
/tɛksˈkoʊkoʊ/noun
A historic city and former Nahua altepetl in central Mexico, famous as a major cultural and political center of the Aztec world.
Did you know?Texcoco is from Nahuatl, and the place-name is usually explained as meaning something like “place of the crags” or “among the rocky hills,” a reminder that many Mesoamerican names encode geography, not myth.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian era
Nahuatl
Tetzcohco
“A place-name referring to a rocky or craggy place, associated with the city-state on Lake Texcoco.”
16th Century
Spanish
Texcoco
“Spanish rendering of the Nahuatl place-name used by chroniclers after the conquest.”
Colonial period
Spanish
Texcoco de la Nueva España
“The town and regional center under Spanish colonial rule.”
Modern English
English
Texcoco
“The historic Mexican city, former lake, and cultural reference associated with the Aztec world.”
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