calpolli

English

Alternative forms
  • calpulli

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Nahuatl calpolli, from calli (“house”) + -polli (“big”).

Noun

calpolli (plural calpolli or calpollis or calpoltin)

  1. A subdivision of an altepetl; a "barrio".

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