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| | Take Our Word For It, page two, Words to the Wise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Etymologists believe that Metzthixihtlico meant "in the middle of the moon", a reference to the island, which was called Metzthiatl, from Metztli "moon" and atl "water", together meaning "moon place in the water". |
 | | The name of the Aztec city was transferred by the Spanish to the land that is now Mexico, which is their approximation of the Nahuatl word. |
 | | As Metztli was also the name of the Aztec moon god, it is possible that Metzthixihtlico actually meant simply "place of the god Metztli". |
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