Tenochtitlán
Americannoun
noun
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The year 2021 marked the 500th anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlán, the site of modern-day Mexico City and the capital of the Aztec empire, at the hands of Hernán Cortés and his small army.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Illustrations from the era show Malinche, serving as translator, as a prominent figure during Cortés’ epochal meeting with Moctezuma on Nov. 8, 1519, on a causeway leading to Tenochtitlán.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
Yet a little more than two years later, he captured Tenochtitlán, the Aztecs’ capital, and toppled their empire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
The Aztecs built Tenochtitlán — what became Mexico City — on the lake’s islands and chinampas — small, artificial fields.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2023
In triumph he entered the great pueblo of Tenochtitlán or Mexico.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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