Metztli
Nahuatl for "moon": the name given to the Aztec deity of the moon and the night sky.
Meaning and origin
Metztli named the Aztec deity of the moon; Nahua sources do not agree on that deity's gender, and later writers sometimes use metztli simply as the everyday word for the moon rather than as one god's proper name.
How to pronounce Metztli
| Spanish (Latin America) | METS-tlee /ˈmetstli/ |
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