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Totonac

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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name

Meaning 1

The language (sometimes classified as a language cluster) spoken by the Totonac.

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noun

Meaning 2

A member of a people who resided in the eastern coastal and mountainous regions of Mexico at the time of the Spanish arrival in 1519, and who now reside in the states of Veracruz, Puebla, and Hidalgo.

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History

Etymology

From Spanish Totonaca, from Nahuatl Totonacatl.