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Axayacatl (/ ˌ æ ʃ ə ˈ j ɑː k ə t əl /; Classical Nahuatl: āxāyacatl [aːʃaːˈjákatɬ] ⓘ; Spanish: Axayácatl [axaˈʝakatɬ]; meaning "face of water"; c. 1449 –1481) was the sixth tlatoani of the altepetl of Tenochtitlan and Emperor of the Aztec Triple Alliance.
- Axayacatl (insect)
Axayacatl [ɑʃɑˈjɑkɑt͡ɬ] and its plural, āxaxayacatl...
- Xicotencatl II
Xicotencatl II Axayacatl, also known as Xicotencatl the...
- Axayacatl (insect)
Axayacatl ( / ˌæʃəˈjɑːkətəl /; Classical Nahuatl: āxāyacatl [aːʃaːˈjákatɬ] ⓘ; Spanish: Axayácatl [axaˈʝakatɬ]; meaning "face of water"; c. 1449 –1481) was the sixth tlatoani of the altepetl of Tenochtitlan and Emperor of the Aztec Triple Alliance. Map showing territorial expansions of the Aztec Empire under each of the ...
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Axayacatl and its plural, āxaxayacatl are the two common names of pre-Hispanic origin used in Mexico to refer to species of aquatic insects in the family Corixidae, the eggs of which, ahuauhtli, deposited abundantly on rushes and flags in lakes and ponds, are collected and sold as a sort of Mexican caviar, as part of Aztec cuisine.
The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. They called themselves Mēxihcah (pronounced [meˈʃikaʔ]). The capital of the Aztec Empire was Tenochtitlan. During the empire, the city was built on a raised island in Lake Texcoco.
Axayacatl ( b. ca. 1449; d. 1481), Aztec emperor from 1468/69–1481. The sixth Mexica Tlatoani (a "speaker" or ruler), Axayacatl (Watery Visage) was the grandson of two previous rulers: Motecuhzoma I on his mother's side, and Itzcoatl on his father's side.
