Definitions

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  • proper noun A Nahuatl (Aztec) given name, and the name of two Aztec emperors.
  • proper noun Moctezuma II (1466-1520), the Aztec emperor at the time of the Spanish conquest.

Etymologies

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From Classical Nahuatl Motēuczōma ("he frowns like a lord").

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Examples

  • Address: 7000 CR 30, Heeney MONTEZUMA: No rules above 10,000 feet Tenacious best describes the spirit of Montezuma.

    Summit Daily News - Top Stories 2009

  • Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 7: 50 a.m. MONTEZUMA -- One person was killed in a motorcycle accident in the town of Montezuma Friday.

    NBC3 - Local News 2008

  • I have a feeling that from now on, whenever a little money finds its way into my pocket, the temptation to blow it on a plane ticket to Florence (cheap from London, as these things go) and have a cup of Hemingway's Montezuma is going to be nigh-irresistible.

    - Boing Boing 2005

  • Montezuma is their best-known emperor, though not their last.

    Mexico's Name 1999

  • Montezuma is their best-known emperor, though not their last.

    Mexico's Name 1999

  • He lives on an asteroid he calls Montezuma's Castle.

    The Runaway Asteroid Michael D. Cooper

  • Some may call it Montezuma's Revenge or The Tijuana Two-Step, but gastric disturbances and diarrhea know no political boundaries.

    Food From Street Vendors,Good Or Bad 1919

  • Pilpatoe, who entered his camp with a numerous retinue, and informed him that they were persons entrusted with the government of that province by a great monarch, whom they called Montezuma, and that they were sent to inquire what his intentions were in visiting their coast, and to offer him what assistance he might need.

    Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia Rev. T. [Editor] Wilson 1826

  • Two of the properties are near Mancos in Montezuma County in southwest Colorado, another near Crawford in Delta County and five near Westcliffe in Custer and Fremont counties.

    Polygamist Group Seeks Safe Haven In Colorado 2008

  • In summary, while Chavez’s quest to prove his blood lineage to Montezuma is laughably absurd, it is also somehow fitting that Venezuela’s erratic and mentally unstable president should seek to prove that he is Montezuma’s heir.

    Hugo's Despotic DNA 2006

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