[ 'aztɛk ]
■ noun
1》 a member of the American Indian people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century.
2》 the extinct Uto-~an language of the ~s, from which modern Nahuatl is descended.
Origin
from Fr. Aztèque or Sp. ~a , from Nahuatl aztecatl 'person of Aztlan', their legendary place of origin.