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Cuauhtémoc

/kwauˈtemok/

proper noun/kwauˈtemok/

Cuauhtémoc (Aztec ruler); Cuauhtémoc (borough); a male given name from Classical Nahuatl

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Cuāuhtemōc (literally “one that descends like an eagle”), from cuāuhtli (“eagle”) + temōhuiā (“to lower, descend”) + -oc, a progressive suffix.

Cuauhtémoc — Spanish Dictionary | Passage