Nahuatlan

[ nah-waht-luhn ]

/ ˈnɑ wɑt lən /

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noun

Nahuatl in all its dialects, often taken as a group of languages, spoken in large areas of central Mexico and El Salvador and in various small, widely dispersed areas throughout southern Mexico and Central America.

adjective

of or relating to Nahuatl or Nahuatlan.

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Origin of Nahuatlan

First recorded in 1900–05; Nahuatl + -an

Words nearby Nahuatlan

NAHB, nahcolite, NAHT, Nahua, Nahuatl, Nahuatlan, Nahum, NAI, naiad, NAIC, Naida

How to use Nahuatlan in a sentence

For example, Buschmann has thrown the Shoshonean and Nahuatlan families into one.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico|John Wesley Powell