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Mexica (plural) Mexicatl (singular) | |
|---|---|
 Music and dance during a One Flower ceremony, from the Florentine Codex | |
| Total population | |
| 1 million + (Mexico) 370,000+ (United States)[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Nahuatl, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Catholicism blended with traditional Mexica religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Nahua peoples |
The Mexica (Nahuatl: Mēxihcah, Nahuatl pronunciation: [meːˈʃiʔkaḁ] ⓘ;[3] singular Mēxihcātl) are a Nahuatl-speaking people of the Valley of Mexico who were the rulers of the Triple Alliance, more commonly referred to as the Aztec Empire. The Mexica established Tenochtitlan, a settlement on an island in Lake Texcoco, in 1325. A dissident group in Tenochtitlan separated and founded the settlement of Tlatelolco with its own dynastic lineage. In 1521, their empire was overthrown by an alliance of Spanish conquistadors and rival indigenous warriors, led by the Tlaxcaltec leader Xicotencatl the Elder and the Spaniard Hernán Cortés. The Mexica were subjugated under the Kingdom of Spain for 300 years, until the Mexican War of Independence in 1821.
Since 1810, the name "Aztec” has been more common when referring to the Mexica and the two names have become largely interchangeable.[4] When a distinction is made, Mexica are one (dominant) group within the Aztec.
- ^ https://www.britannica.com/summary/Aztec
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/27/native-americans-2020-census/#:~:text=In%20the%202020%20Census%2C%20about,the%20number%20reported%20in%202010.
- ^ Nahuatl Dictionary. (1990). Wired Humanities Project. University of Oregon. Retrieved August 29, 2012, from link Archived 2016-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Aztecs | The Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop". www.eliwhitney.org. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
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