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noun
A member of a pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th and 12th centuries AD.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a member of the Nahuatl speaking people of central and southern Mexico
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Nahuatl
History
From Spanish tolteca, from Nahuatl tōltēcah, plural of tōltēcatl (“inhabitant of Tollan”), from Tōllān + -catl.
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