Anáhuac

[uh-nah-wahk, ah-nah-wahk]

noun

1. the central plateau of Mexico, between the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental ranges (3,700 to 9,000 feet; 1,128 to 2,743 meters): center of former Aztec civilization.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anáhuac¹

First recorded in 1810–15; from Nahuatl: literally, “close to the water,” equivalent to A(tl) “water” + nahuac, a suffix meaning “close to”

Example Sentences

The hearing on Thursday, in the 253rd Judicial District Court in Anahuac, was in response to a lawsuit filed in September by the Barbers Hill Independent School District.

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The bench trial is being held before state District Judge Chap Cain III in Anahuac after the Barbers Hill school district filed a lawsuit seeking clarification of the new law.

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“It’s not the same to put a civilian PAN official on trial, as it is to put a defense secretary on trial, when your whole national security policy rests on the armed forces,” said Ana Vanessa Cárdenas, an international security analyst at the Anahuac University, referring to Calderón’s conservative National Action Party.

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Anahuac’s son Necalli is 19 months old.

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“It’s just really appalling — how do you say that about a 2-year-old?” activist and historian Citlalli Citlalmina Anahuac said of Martinez’s comments.

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