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- noun A
Nahua community ; apueblo .
Etymologies
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From Classical Nahuatl āltepētl, from ātl tepētl, literally “water (and) hill”.
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Now calpulalli (from "calpulli," quarter or kinship, and "tlalli," soil), means soil of the kin, and altepetalli ( "altepetl," tribe), soil of the tribe.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849
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