Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• iztac tepetl

Proper noun

Iztāc tepētl

1. Iztaccíhuatl, a mountain in Mexico. Literally "white woman."
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1

     qujnpiquiz: quetzalcoatl, in chalchivitl ycue, in tlaloc: popucatepetl, iztac tepetl, poiauhtecatl: yoan in çaço quezqujtetl tepetl in qujnteneoaz in qujpiquiz.

     (he would mold representations of Quetzalcoatl, Chalchiuitl ycue, Tlaloc, Popocatepetl, Iztac tepetl, Poiauhtecatl, and any other mountain of which they would choose to make representations.)

References

• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 47

Classical Nahuatl

Proper noun

iztac tepetl

1. Alternative spelling of Iztac tepetl