Nahua

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The Nahua are a major indigenous people of Mexico, historically associated with the Aztecs and speakers of various Nahuatl languages across central and southern regions.

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Nahua canonical 19
Nahua peoples 18
Nahua people 17

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican people
ethnic group
indigenous people
capitalCityHistorically Tenochtitlan
colonialStatus subject peoples of the Spanish Empire in New Spain
continent North America
contributedLoanwordsTo Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
country Mexico
culturalHeritage Nahuatl oral literature
codices of central Mexico
traditional festivals tied to agricultural calendar
culturalPractice calpulli social organization
chinampa agriculture
communal landholding (ejido-like systems)
ritual human sacrifice (pre-Columbian)
traditional herbal medicine
tribute system
ethnicGroupOf Mexico
historicallyAssociatedWith Aztecs
Mexica
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
majorDeityHistorically Huitzilopochtli
Quetzalcoatl
Tlaloc
modernLegalStatus recognized indigenous people of Mexico
notableLoanword avocado
cacao
chocolate
coyote
tomato
populationEstimate several million in the 21st century
preColumbianCivilization Aztec Empire
Triple Alliance
primaryLanguage Nahuatl
region Central Mexico
Guerrero
Hidalgo
Huasteca region
linked to: Huasteca Potosina

Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Morelos
Oaxaca
linked to: Oaxaca state

Puebla
San Luis Potosí
Southern Mexico
linked to: southern Mexico

State of Mexico
Tabasco
Tlaxcala
Veracruz
religion Roman Catholicism
indigenous Mesoamerican religion
syncretic Christianity
traditionalLanguageVariety Central Nahuatl
Classical Nahuatl
Guerrero Nahuatl
Huasteca Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl

Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl
linked to: Eastern Nahuatl

Pipil (Nawat)
writingSystemHistorically Aztec pictographic writing

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (65)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hernán Cortés ally Tlaxcalans
linked to: Nahua
Veracruz hasIndigenousPeople Nahua people
linked to: Nahua
La Malinche ethnicity Nahua
Christianization of central Mexico appliesToPopulation Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
Nahuan languages hasPart Pipil
linked to: Nahua
Nahuan languages ethnicity Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
Nahuan languages hasNotableVariety Pipil
linked to: Nahua
Hidalgo hasCulturalGroup Nahua people
linked to: Nahua
Tlaxcala ethnicGroup Nahua
Eastern Mexico hasIndigenousGroup Nahua peoples
subject linked to: eastern Mexico
linked to: Nahua
Southern Mexico hasEthnicGroup Nahuas
subject linked to: southern Mexico
linked to: Nahua
former Lake Chalco usedBy Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
indigenous peoples of Mexico majorEthnicGroup Nahua people
linked to: Nahua
Ocoyoacac hasEthnicGroup Nahua people
linked to: Nahua
tlatoani usedInCulture Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
Malinalli ethnicity Nahua
Lienzo de Tlaxcala ethnicGroupRepresented Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
Morelos region ethnicGroup Nahua people
linked to: Nahua
Acolhua hasDemonym Acolhuan
linked to: Nahua
Tepanec subgroupOf Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
Otumba originalInhabitants Nahua peoples
subject linked to: Otumba, central Mexico
linked to: Nahua
Mexicanero ethnolinguisticGroup Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
Aztec pictographic writing usedBy Nahuan peoples
linked to: Nahua
Modern Nahuatl spokenBy Nahua people
linked to: Nahua
Classical Nahuatl usedBy Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
Eastern Nahuatl ethnicity Nahua people
linked to: Nahua
Western Nahuatl hasEthnolinguisticGroup Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
Xochiquetzal worshippedBy Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
La Huasteca Hidalguense hasIndigenousHeritage Nahua people
linked to: Nahua
Michoacán Nahuatl ethnicity Nahua people
linked to: Nahua
Chichimeca peoples ethnonymUsedBy Nahuas
linked to: Nahua
Sierra de Tenango inhabitedBy Nahua communities
linked to: Nahua
Nahuatl ethnicity Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
Huejutla de Reyes hasMajorEthnicGroup Nahua people
linked to: Nahua
Tlaxcalans partOf Nahua peoples
linked to: Nahua
Huasteca Potosina ethnicallyAssociatedWith Nahua people
linked to: Nahua
Juan Diego ethnicity Nahua