[Aztlan] Tenochtitlan or Mexico-Tenochtitlan??

John F. Schwaller schwallr at potsdam.edu
Sat Nov 11 15:05:58 CST 2006


> Prof. John Schwaller is probably the authority here.
>

Thanks.  My impression here, and I haven't had a chance to do all the
research, is that the city was traditionally called Tenochtitlan.  The
double name became very common after the conquest, with the Tenochtitlan
part eventually dropping.  Mexico refers to a larger but vague place of
the Mexica.



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