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Mexica in a sentence
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Mexica meaning
A member of an indigenous people of the Americas
Using Mexica
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of an indigenous people of the Americas
- In the example corpus, mexica often appears in combinations such as: the mexica, mexica aztec, mexica people.
Context around Mexica
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mexica
- In this selection, "mexica" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, indigenous, originally, defeated, aztec, people and culture stand out and add context to how "mexica" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include become the mexica and director of mexica products ltd. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mexica" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mexica
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
La Santisima's Mexica Ahuacatl taco is a winner. (9 words)
The Mexica people arrived in the Valley of Mexico in 1248 AD. (12 words)
The Mexica made reference to at least two manifestations of the supernatural: tēōtl and tēixiptla. (15 words)
The state religion of the Mexica civilization awaited the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy: that the wandering tribes would find the destined site for a great city whose location would be signaled by an Eagle eating a snake while perched atop a cactus. (43 words)
The Day of the Dead, which is widely considered to be Mexico’s most important festival, is rooted in the indigenous Mexica culture, mixed with Christian superstition brought by Spanish colonizers. (31 words)
William H. Prescott, History of the Conquest of Mexico (New York, 1843), vol. 3, p. 206. At Cuauhtémoc's request, Cortés also allowed the defeated Mexica to depart the city unmolested. (31 words)
Example sentences (18)
The Day of the Dead, which is widely considered to be Mexico’s most important festival, is rooted in the indigenous Mexica culture, mixed with Christian superstition brought by Spanish colonizers.
For the past two years, Miss Alvarez has been the sole director of Mexica Products Ltd, whose registered address is the couple’s home in Finsbury Park, North London.
When he first showed up in their capital city in November 1519 he had no-one with him who could speak both Spanish and Nahuatl, the language of the Mexica.
According to Padilla, this is the second time FC has had the Mexica dancers in this format.
La Santisima's Mexica Ahuacatl taco is a winner.
He was responsible for much of the expansion of the Mexica domain, and consolidated the empire's power after emulating his predecessor.
In addition, the production of craft was an important part of the Mexica economy, and they also made pieces for "export".
In a similar creation story, the Mexica ( Aztec ) god Quetzalcoatl discovered cacao (cacahuatl: "bitter water"), in a mountain filled with other plant foods.
Many Chicanos replace the ch with the letter x, forming Xicano, due to the original spelling of the Mexica Empire.
Many other cities and towns in Mexico and Central America have also retained their Nahuatl names (whether or not they were originally Mexica or even Nahuatl-speaking towns).
Prior to this, Huitzilopochtli was associated primarily with hunting, presumably one of the important subsistence activities of the itinerant bands that would eventually become the Mexica.
Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the Mexican civilization, consisting of the Mexica people, founded in 1325.
The Mexica "gods" themselves had no existence as distinct entities apart from these tēixiptla representations of tēōtl.
The Mexica made reference to at least two manifestations of the supernatural: tēōtl and tēixiptla.
The Mexica people arrived in the Valley of Mexico in 1248 AD.
The state religion of the Mexica civilization awaited the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy: that the wandering tribes would find the destined site for a great city whose location would be signaled by an Eagle eating a snake while perched atop a cactus.
This sculpture of a man carrying a human skeleton on his back exemplifies the dualism of life and death that permeates Huastec and Mexica (Aztec) art.
William H. Prescott, History of the Conquest of Mexico (New York, 1843), vol. 3, p. 206. At Cuauhtémoc's request, Cortés also allowed the defeated Mexica to depart the city unmolested.
Common combinations with mexica
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: