Classical Nahuatl

Noun

ātl tepētl

1. Altepetl; town; city; pueblo.
   • 1524, Bernardino de Sahagún, Coloquios y doctrina cristiana

     ...ca oancommopachilhuic in amatzin amotepetzin.

     Indeed you have come here to govern your city.

Synonyms

• altepetl

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 249.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 9.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, pp. 210, 211.