TLATZIN, 46. Chief of a town of the Chichimecs, situated on Lake Chalco. He flourished toward the close of the 14th century. From tlatli, a falcon.
TOCHIN, 89. From tochtli, rabbit; name of the brother of the Tezcucan ruler Quinantzin, and of many other personages.
TOLLAN, or TULAN, 46, 105, 107. The ancient mythical capital of the Toltecs. The common derivation from tolin, a rush, is erroneous. The name is a syncopated form of tonatlan, "the place of the sun."
TOLTEC, properly TOLTECATL, 46, 111. An inhabitant of Tollan. The Toltecs were a mythical people, whose civilization was supposed to have preceded that of the Aztecs.
TOPILTZIN, 46, 105. "Our son" or "Our lord" (see Nopiltzin). The term was especially applied to Quetzalcoatl, q. v. See Orozco y Berra, Hist. Antig. de Mexico, Tom. III, p. 54.
TOTOQUILHUATLI, 41. From totoquilia, to act as agent or lieutenant. Ruler of Tlacopan. The verse of the song in which this name occurs is given in the original Nahuatl by Ixtlilxochitl, who says it was very popular throughout New Spain. See his Historia Chichimeca, cap. 32.
XICALANCO, 107. A locality on the borders of the province Tabasco. The people spoke Nahuatl. Deriv. xicalli, gourd or jar, and postpos. co.
XICOMATZINTLAMATA, 43. Name of a warrior not otherwise known. The compound seems to mean "skillful with angry hand" (xicoa, maitl, tlamati).
XICONTECATL, 103. Name of several distinguished Tlascalan warriors, lords of Tizatlan. See Clavigero, Hist. Antica di Messico, Tom. III, pp. 38 and 40, One was a favorite of Nezahualcoyotl. See Ixtlilxochitl, Historia Chichimeca, cap. 40.
XIUHTEUCTLI, 15. The god of fire, literally, "the lord of the year," or "of the foliage."