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aztec | hyphen |

aztec

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A Mexica.
  • * 1994: , Doris Heyden (translator), The History of the Indies of New Spain
  • The lords of Tlatelolco were greatly angered over this and said, one to another, "These Aztecs' believe that we are of an alien lineage. Do they not know that we are ' Aztecs like them[?]
    (= los señores de Tlatelulco, recibieron mucho enojo y pesadumbre, y dixeron entre sí mesmos: estos mexicanos' imaginan que nosotros somos de diferente generacion quellos; no saben que somo ' mexicanos ) [1867 edition]
  • A Nahua.
  • * 1989: Elizabeth Hill Boone, Incarnations of the Aztec Supernatural: The Image of Huitzilopochtli in Mexico and Europe
  • Although united culturally, the Aztecs thought of themselves in terms of their particular tribal affiliations: as Mexica, Tetzcoca, Culhua, Tepaneca, etc.

    Synonyms

    * (Mexica) Mexica, Mexican (obsolete) * (Nahua) Nahua

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Nahuatl language.
  • A city in New Mexico
  • Synonyms

    * Nahuatl, Mexican (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
  • Of or pertaining to the Nahuas.
  • Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.
  • Synonyms

    * (Mexica) Mexica; Mexican (obsolete) * (Nahua) Nahua, Nahuatl * (Nahuatl) Nahuatl; Mexican (obsolete)

    Derived terms

    * Aztecan * Aztec Empire * Aztec Triple Alliance

    hyphen

    English

    (wikipedia hyphen)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Symbol "", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
  • (figuratively) Something that links two more consequential things.
  • Usage notes

    Because the original symbol "-" (technically the hyphen-minus) covered usages aside from hyphenation there have been additional subsequent symbols created for hyphenation needs. They include the " (non-breaking hyphen) and the non-visible soft hyphen.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated) To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (colloquial) (Used to refer to a person with a hyphenated name)
  • Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-").
  • *
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  • *
  • Synonyms

    * (used as coordinator) slash, cum

    See also

    * minus, minus sign * (Hebrew maqaf) * (wikipedia "hyphen") (punctuation) English coordinating conjunctions ----