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"Guadalupe," -- just as they had turned Quauhnahuac into Cuernavaca, and
Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Edward Burnett Tylor
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Cuernavaca (cow's horn), the ancient Quauhnahuac, was one of the thirty cities which Charles the Fifth gave to Cortes, and afterwards formed part of the estates of the Duke of Monteleone, representative of the family of Cortes, as Marquis of the Valley of Oajaca.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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On the ninth day of their march, the troops arrived before the strong city of Quauhnahuac, or Cuernavaca, as since called by the Spaniards.
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Cuernavaca (_cow's horn_), the ancient Quauhnahuac, was one of the thirty cities which Charles the Fifth gave to Cortes, and afterwards formed part of the estates of the Duke of Monteleone, representative of the family of
Life in Mexico Frances Calder��n de la Barca 1843
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