Tenoch

Mesoamerican mythology
Also known as: Tenochca

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Aztec patriarch

  • Mexico
    In Mexico: The rise of the Aztecs

    …also known as Mexica or Tenochca. Tenoch, or Tenochca, was a legendary patriarch who gave his name to Tenochtitlán, the city founded by the Aztecs on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. The name Mexica came to be applied not only to the ancient city of…

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