Definition of Aztecan

1. Noun. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec.


Definition of Aztecan

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic the Aztecs or their culture ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aztecan

Azorean
Azorean disease
Azoreans
Azores
Azorian
Azorians
Azov
Azrael
Aztec
Aztec ear
Aztec gold
Aztec lily
Aztec marigold
Aztec pyramid
Aztec pyramids
Aztecan
Aztecs
Azzopardi

Aífe
B
B&B
B&E
B&H
B&NES
B's
B+
B-52
B-52s
B-E amputation

Literary usage of Aztecan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description by Daniel Garrison Brinton (1901)
"I. THE UTO-aztecan TRIBES. OF all the stocks on the North American Continent, that which I call the Uto-aztecan merits the closest study, on account of its ..."

2. Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance & Folklore by Edwin Sidney Hartland, Jessie Laidlay Weston, Charles J Billson, Edward Vernon Arnold, Ivor Bertram John, Lucy Winifred Faraday, Francis Edward Sandbach, Lewis Spence, Alfred Trübner Nutt (1901)
"acquired a significance in aztecan eyes quite out of all proportion to his ... To the aztecan mind he was a culture- hero, unalterably associated with the ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"They had developed a moderate degree of culture when the aztecan tribes invaded ... and when they succumbed to aztecan inroads they dowered their conquerors ..."

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