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Tlatoani (Classical Nahuatl: tlàtoāni pronounced [tɬaʔ.to.ˈaː.ni]; plural tlàtòquê, [tɬaʔ.ˈtoʔ.keʔ]) is the Nahuatl term for the ruler of an altepetl, a pre-Hispanic state. The word literally means "speaker", but may be translated into English as "king".1 A cihuātlàtoāni ([si.waː.tɬaʔ.to.ˈaː.ni]) is a female ruler, or queen regnant.2
The term quauhtlatoani refers to "provisional, interim, or at least non-dynastic rulers".3 The leaders of the Mexica prior to their settlement are sometimes referred to as quauhtlatoque, as are those colonial rulers who were not descended from the ruling dynasty.
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Notes
- ^ Lockhart (2001, p.238); Schroeder (2007, p.3). See also the entry for "TLAHTOANI", in Wimmer (2006)
- ^ Schroeder (2007, pp.3–4). See also the entry for "CIHUATLAHTOANI" in Wimmer (2006).
- ^ Schroeder (1991, p. 188).
References
- Berdan, Frances F.; Richard E. Blanton, Elizabeth Hill Boone, Mary G. Hodge, Michael E. Smith, and Emily Umberger (1996). Aztec Imperial Strategies. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. ISBN 0-88402-211-0. OCLC 27035231.
- Gibson, Charles (1964). The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule: A History of the Indians of the Valley of Mexico, 1519–1810, Reprinted 1976, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-0196-2. OCLC 190295.
- Lockhart, James (2001). Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, UCLA Latin American studies, vol. 88; Nahuatl studies series, no. 6. Stanford and Los Angeles: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Center Publications. ISBN 0-8047-4282-0. OCLC 46858459. (English) (Nahuatl)
- Schroeder, Susan (1991). Chimalpahin and the Kingdoms of Chalco. Tuscon: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-1182-9. OCLC 21976206.
- Schroeder, Susan (2007). "The Annals of Chimalpahin", in James Lockhart, Lisa Sousa, and Stephanie Wood (eds.): Sources and Methods for the Study of Postconquest Mesoamerican Ethnohistory (PDF e-book online publication), Provisional version, Eugene: University of Oregon Wired Humanities Project. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
- Wimmer, Alexis (2006). "Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique" (online version, incorporating reproductions from Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl ou mexicaine [1885], by Rémi Siméon). (French) (Nahuatl)
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