Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name meaning star.

Etymologies

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From Nahuatl cītlalli ("star")

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Examples

  • Isabel continued to live in Spain, Citlali in Tenochtitlán.

    The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel 2001

  • Our table seats eight, and Citlali (the youngest) has been relegated back to her high chair.

    Tlaxco, my place under the sun: Part 2 2001

  • The women are Isabel, his Spanish wife and Citlali, his Aztec mistress, who is also the housemaid.

    The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel 2001

  • The women are Isabel, his Spanish wife and Citlali, his Aztec mistress, who is also the housemaid.

    The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel 2001

  • Isabel continued to live in Spain, Citlali in Tenochtitlán.

    The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel 2001

  • This year, my little daughter, Citlali, who had just turned two years old, fell in love with the circus.

    Tlaxco, Tlaxcala - Part 2 1998

  • One night the whole family clan, which represents about ten percent of the colonia, attended the circus, and poor Citlali was sleeping by the time the monkeys performed.

    Tlaxco, Tlaxcala - Part 2 1998

  • One night the whole family clan, which represents about ten percent of the colonia, attended the circus, and poor Citlali was sleeping by the time the monkeys performed.

    Tlaxco, Tlaxcala - Part 2 1998

  • This year, my little daughter, Citlali, who had just turned two years old, fell in love with the circus.

    Tlaxco, Tlaxcala - Part 2 1998

  • 1998 Have been living for four years in Tlaxco, Tlaxcala, Mexico with my lovely wife Chela, and we now have five children, Tavo, Karla, Vidal, Quetzal, and Citlali.

    Charles E. Moritzky 1996

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