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Huitzilopochtli
Huitzilopochtli
See also: huitzilopochtli
English

Huitzilopochtli as depicted in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis.
Alternative forms
- Uitzilopochtli
Proper noun
Huitzilopochtli
- The most important god of the Mexica.
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Etymology
From huītzilin (“hummingbird”) + ōpōchtli (“left, left-hand side”), literally “hummingbird's left”, or perhaps "hummingbird's south".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiːt͡siloːpoːt͡ʃt͡ɬi/
- IPA(key): [ˌwiː.t͡sil.ˈóː.poːt͡ʃ.t͡ɬi]
Proper noun
Huītzilōpōchtli
- Huitzilopochtli
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, first book
- Vitzilubuchtli: çan maceoalli, çan tlacatl catca: naoalli, tetzaujtl, atlacacemelle, teixcuepaj: quijiocoianj in iaoiutl, iaotecanj, iaotlatoanj:
- 17C: Crónica Mexicayotl
- auh yntlapial catca quitlatlauhtiaya quiteomatia yn aquin quitocayotiaya tetzahuitl huitzilopochtli.
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, first book