calpullis
- plural of calpulli.
Example Sentences
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The calpullis, families or quarters, are very common in each province.
From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.
Among the lands which were given to the chefs of the second class there were also calpullis.
From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.
There were twenty clans, called in the Nahuatl language "calpullis."
From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John