Definitions for altepetl
al·te·petl

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1. altepetlnoun

   A Nahua community; a pueblo.

2. Etymology: From altepetl, from atl tepetl, literally “water (and) hill”.

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1. Altepetl

   The altepetl (Classical Nahuatl: āltepētl [aːɬ.ˈté.peːt͡ɬ], plural altepeme or altepemeh) was the local, ethnically-based political entity, usually translated into English as "city-state," of pre-Columbian Nahuatl-speaking societies in the Americas. The altepetl was constituted of smaller units known as calpolli and was typically led by a single dynastic ruler known as a tlatoani, although examples of shared rule between up to five rulers are known. Each altepetl had its own jurisdiction, origin story, and served as the center of Indigenous identity. Residents referred to themselves by the name of their altepetl rather than, for instance, as "Mexicas." "Altepetl" was a polyvalent term rooting the social and political order in the creative powers of a sacred mountain that contained the ancestors, seeds and life-giving forces of the community. The word is a combination of the Nahuatl words ātl (meaning "water") and tepētl (meaning "mountain"). A characteristic Nahua mode was to imagine the totality of the people of a region or of the world as a collection of altepetl units and to speak of them on those terms.: 36  The concept is comparable to Maya cah and Mixtec ñuu. Altepeme formed a vast complex network which predated and outlasted larger empires, such as the Aztec and Tarascan state.Established altepeme were characterized by a central temple dedicated to a patron god particular to the identity of the altepetl and a central market. Altepeme were typically multiethnic and communal cohesion was often maintained through territorial exclusiveness.

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1. Altepetl

   The altepetl, in Pre-Columbian and Spanish conquest-era Aztec society, was the local, ethnically based political entity. It is usually translated into English as "city-state". The word is a combination of the Nahuatl words ā-tl, meaning water, and tepē-tl, meaning mountain. Nahuatl scholars Lisa Sousa, Stafford Poole, and James Lockhart have stated: A characteristic Nahua mode was to imagine the totality of the people of a region or of the world as a collection of altepetl units and to speak of them on those terms. They prefer the Nahuatl term over any English-language approximation. They argue that in many of the documents pertaining to the Virgin of Guadalupe, the word āltepētl is often used as a translation of the Spanish Ciudad de México, a translation that has colored the interpretation of the texts and conceptions of Nahua society. The concept is comparable to Maya cah and Mixtec ñuu.

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1. pallette

2. platelet

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of altepetl in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of altepetl in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

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