Explore Toltec through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like nahuatl. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Toltec meaning
A member of a pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th and 12th centuries AD.
Synonyms of Toltec
Using Toltec
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of a pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th and 12th centuries AD.
- Useful related words include: nahuatl.
- In the example corpus, toltec often appears in combinations such as: the toltec, and toltec, toltec scenic.
Context around Toltec
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Toltec
- In this selection, "toltec" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, teotihuacan, takes, term, scenic, empire and culture stand out and add context to how "toltec" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cumbres and toltec scenic railroad and accounts of toltec history are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "toltec" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with toltec
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rather, it takes "Toltec" to mean simply an inhabitant of Tula during its apogee. (14 words)
To the Aztec, the Toltec were the originators of all culture; "Toltecayotl" was a synonym for culture. (17 words)
Ancient Mexico can be said to have produced five major civilizations: the Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec. (18 words)
Miller 1985, p. 7. The 19th century discovery of chacmools in both central Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula helped to promote the idea of a Toltec empire but the chacmool sculptures may have had their origin in the Maya region. (40 words)
Graulich argued that the Toltec era is best considered the fourth of the five Aztec mythical "Suns" or ages, the one immediately preceding the fifth sun of the Aztec people, presided over by Quetzalcoatl. (34 words)
The pass is traversed by State Highway 17 and the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (originally built as the San Juan Extension of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad that ran to Durango, Colorado ). (34 words)
Example sentences (13)
Ride through the Rockies aboard the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad then ride the Royal Gorge Route Railroad across the famous Hanging Bridge.
Ancient Mexico can be said to have produced five major civilizations: the Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec.
Carved relief of a Jaguar at Tula, Hidalgo The debate about the nature of the Toltec culture goes back to the late 19th century.
Diehl 1993 The presence of stylistic traits associated with Tula in Chichén Itzá is also taken as evidence for a Toltec horizon.
Graulich argued that the Toltec era is best considered the fourth of the five Aztec mythical "Suns" or ages, the one immediately preceding the fifth sun of the Aztec people, presided over by Quetzalcoatl.
Miller 1985, p. 7. The 19th century discovery of chacmools in both central Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula helped to promote the idea of a Toltec empire but the chacmool sculptures may have had their origin in the Maya region.
Rather, it takes "Toltec" to mean simply an inhabitant of Tula during its apogee.
Scholars such as Michel Graulich (2002) and Susan D. Gillespie (1989) maintained that the difficulties in salvaging historic data from the Aztec accounts of Toltec history are too great to overcome.
Separating the term "Toltec" from those of the Aztec accounts, it attempts to find archaeological clues to the ethnicity, history and social organization of the inhabitants of Tula.
The Aztec oral and pictographic tradition also described the history of the Toltec empire giving lists of rulers and their exploits.
The pass is traversed by State Highway 17 and the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (originally built as the San Juan Extension of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad that ran to Durango, Colorado ).
This led him to posit the theory that Chichén Itzá had been violently taken over by a Toltec military force under the leadership of Kukulcan.
To the Aztec, the Toltec were the originators of all culture; "Toltecayotl" was a synonym for culture.
Common combinations with toltec
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the toltec 4×
- and toltec 2×
- toltec scenic 2×
- of toltec 2×
- toltec empire 2×