Origin of Aztec term to refer to the Mexica
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Mexica is something no one is really sure where its origin is from. Some same it was the old Nahuatl word for sun. Others say it was from their great leader Mexitli. Others say it is just this type of weed that grows in Lake Texcoco.

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