Tlaloc

American  

[tlah-lohk] / tlɑˈloʊk /

noun

1. the Aztec god of rain.

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Etymology

Origin of Tlaloc

< Mexican Spanish Tláloc < Nahuatl Tlāloc, equivalent to tlāl ( li ) earth, land + oc lies, is stretched out

Example Sentences

It was brought to life with two of Marquez’s closest friends as models, whom she describes as her “babies”: artist and founder of Tlaloc Studios Ozzie Juarez, and film director-model-multidisciplinary artist Pablo Simental.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024

One side was dedicated to the city’s patron Tlaloc, the god of rain.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

I invested all my savings and the money I received from the government into Tlaloc Studios.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022

One invokes Tlaloc, the Aztec rain god; another creates a new myth in which the roadrunner is a prophet.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2019

There was another place called Tlalocan the dwelling place of Tlaloc, the deity of water, which was also an Aztec elysium.

From Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California by Mayer, Brantz