Note: Mexica altepetl or city-state that was located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. It was founded ca. 1325; was the capital of the Triple Alliance of the 15th century. Captured by Spanish forces in 1521. Its ruins are situated in what is now the neighborhood of Tacuba in Mexico City.
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl ..... Altepetl tlen Mexico central posclasico tlen elqui ce achi tlen Triple Alianza ica Tenochtitlan huan Texcoco. Ipehuayan cahuitl colonial, itlahtlahcopan altepetzin quitocaxtihqueh Tacuba huan naman eltoc iihtico yancuic altepetl tlen Cuidad de Mexico.
Spanish ..... Altepetl (ciudad-estado) del México central postclásico que formó parte de la Triple Alianza con Tenochtitlan y Texcoco. A partir de la época colonial, el centro de población pasó a llamarse Tacuba, y actualmente está incorporado a la actual Ciudad de México.
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