Xochiquetzal
Built from Nahuatl xochitl "flower" and quetzalli "precious feather": what the Aztecs called their goddess of love, beauty and flowers.
Meaning and origin
Xochiquetzal was the Aztec goddess of love, beauty, flowers and female sexuality, her name joining the Nahuatl words for "flower" and for the prized green tail feathers of the quetzal bird.
How to pronounce Xochiquetzal
| Spanish (Latin America) | so-chee-ket-SAHL /sotʃiˈketsal/ |
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