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Definition of: Toltec
(tol′tek, tōl′-) noun
One of certain ancient Nahuatlan tribes that dominated central and southern Mexico about A.D. 900–1100 and through contact with Mayan culture founded the highly civilized Nahua culture of the Aztecs: referred to in Aztec and Mayan legend. See NAHUA.
—adjective Of or pertaining to the Toltecs. [<Nahuatl Tolteca]
—Tol′tec·an adjective
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