Aztec place-names

by Frederick Starr

Totoltzinco. [Place of little water-hens.] Compounded of totolin (a kind of water-hen); tzin, a diminutive particle; co (place).

Tototepec. [In the mountain of birds.] Compounded of tototl (bird); tepetl (mountain); c (in).

Tototlan. [Near the birds.] Compounded of tototl (bird); tlan (place, near).

Toztlan. [Place of tuzas.] Compounded of tuzan (tuza, a small burrowing animal); tlan (place, within).

Tuchpan. [Where there are rabbits.] Compounded of tochtli (rabbit); pan (place).

Tuchtlan. [Place of rabbits.] Compounded of tochtli (rabbit); tlan (place).

Tulantzinco. [Place of the small tules.] Compounded of tollin (tule, a sort of marsh grass or reed); tzin, diminutive particle; co (place).

Tlayacac. [In the first place.] Compounded of tlayacatl (first); c (in).

Tlayacapan. [In the first place.] Compounded of tlayacatl (first); pan (place, in).

Tzapotlan. [Place of zapotes.] Compounded of tzapotl (zapote, a kind of fruit); tlan (place).