Tlaloc
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Tlaloc
< Mexican Spanish Tláloc < Nahuatl Tlāloc, equivalent to tlāl ( li ) earth, land + oc lies, is stretched out
Example Sentences
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According to the Coca people, Michi-Cihualli is the daughter of Tlaloc, the rain god.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
One side was dedicated to the city’s patron Tlaloc, the god of rain.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Tlaloc Studios is a swap meet, in a sense — everyone’s got their puestos, making their work in their studios; everyone’s working to sustain themselves.
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
Ah, hombre! the voice of the great Tlaloc is more terrible than that.
From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne
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