Toltec

American  

[tohl-tek, tol-] / ˈtoʊl tɛk, ˈtɒl- /

noun

• Toltecs,
  plural
• Toltec
  plural

1. a member of an Indian people living in central Mexico before the advent of the Aztecs and traditionally credited with laying the foundation of Aztec culture.

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adjective

1. Also Toltecan. of or relating to the Toltecs.

Toltec British  

/ ˈtɒltɛk /

noun

1. a member of a Central American Indian people who dominated the valley of Mexico from their capital Tula from about 950 to 1160 _ad , when the valley was overrun by the Aztecs

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adjective

1. of or relating to this people

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Toltec
  plural
• Toltecs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Toltec

< Mexican Spanish tolteca < Nahuatl tōltēcah , plural of tōltēcatl person from Tōllān Tula

Example Sentences

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Toltec Toltecs

O.J.’s face was a sculptor’s dream, like a Toltec mask.”

From Golf Digest ● Apr. 2, 2020

Because the companies that built the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic’s steam locomotives went out of business decades ago, the railroad’s employees often have to make replacement parts on their own.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2018

Toltec and local Mayan cultures tell stories in the rocks with jaguars, eagles, snakes and sacrifice, wisdom and folklore that remain mysterious and mesmerizing to this day.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 26, 2018

The valley contained a number of small city-states that had survived the collapse of Toltec rule.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

Further north, expanding their empire in a hot-brained hurry, are the Toltec, sweeping in every direction from the mile-high basin that today houses Mexico City.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

As he corrected my copy, Karl would do his usual imitation of a stone mask from the era of the Toltecs.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2014

Their art evolved from highland people like the Toltecs through a tradition of sculpture.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 6, 2012

Then, around 900, a new people, the Toltecs, rose to power.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

For the next three centuries, the Toltecs ruled over the heart of Mexico from their capital at Tula.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

Muskogees were probably driven out of Mexico by the Aztecs, Toltecs or some other of the northwestern tribal invasions of the ninth or preceding centuries.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz