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De Acapulco, Acapolco, municipio del estado de Guerrero, del náhuatl Acapulco, literalmente = 'lugar de grandes cañas', de acatl 'caña, carrizo' + pol, aumentativo, + -co 'en, lugar de'; la ciudad fue fundada en el siglo XVI.
languagehat.com: MEXICAN AND GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES. 2005
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"I acatl ipan quizque Chicomoztoc in Chichimeca omitoa moternuh in imitoloca."
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The date of the year at the top of the calendar is 13 _acatl_ (13 canes), which stands for 1479, 1427, 1375, 1323, and so on, subtracting
Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Edward Burnett Tylor
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_Q. n._, atle nomiuh yc notimaloa, ca uel itoloc in acatl nomiuh, yn acatl xeliui yc ninotimaloa.
Rig Veda Americanus Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl Various 1868
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Aho, ye yancuic tiçatla ye yancuic yuitla oya potoniloc yn auicacopa acatl xamontoca.
Rig Veda Americanus Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl Various 1868
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His day and sign, _ce acatl_, One Reed, was of bad omen.
American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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His connection with the worship of the reproductive principle seems to be further indicated by his surname, _Ce acatl_.
American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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_acatl_, reed, cornstalk, is also applied to the virile member; and it has been suggested that this is the real signification of the word when applied to the hero-god.
American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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