Toltec

[ tohl-tek, tol- ]

/ ˈtoʊl tɛk, ˈtɒl- /

noun, plural Tol·tecs, (especially collectively) Tol·tec.

a member of an Indian people living in central Mexico before the advent of the Aztecs and traditionally credited with laying the foundation of Aztec culture.

adjective

Also Tol·tec·an. of or relating to the Toltecs.

Origin of Toltec

< Mexican Spanish tolteca < Nahuatl tōltēcah, plural of tōltēcatl person from Tōllān Tula

Example sentences from the Web for toltec

This stone, by the way, is to our mind clearly Toltec, not Aztec.

Aztec Land |Maturin M. Ballou
The Colhuas are connected with vague references to a long and important period in the history previous to the Toltec ages.

Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology |John D. Baldwin
Finally, sick with horror, and raging with a furious anger, the young Toltec could bear it no longer.

The White Conquerors |Kirk Munroe
The whole Toltec imbroglio is the result of a confusion between the histories of two peoples.

The American Egypt |Channing Arnold

He also recalled the dread fate already escaped once by the young Toltec on the summit of that same pyramid of horrors.

The White Conquerors |Kirk Munroe

British Dictionary definitions for toltec

Toltec

/ (ˈtɒltɛk) /

noun plural -tecs or -tec

a member of a Central American Indian people who dominated the valley of Mexico from their capital Tula from about 950 to 1160 ad, when the valley was overrun by the Aztecs

adjective Also: Toltecan

of or relating to this people

Word Origin for Toltec

C19: from Spanish tolteca, of American Indian origin

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Toltec

noun, plural Tol·tecs, (especially collectively) Tol·tec.

adjective

Origin of Toltec

Example sentences from the Web for toltec

British Dictionary definitions for toltec

noun plural -tecs or -tec

adjective Also: Toltecan

Word Origin for Toltec