Ate P ec Caltepec Itztepec Pantepec 



MEXICAN PLACE NAMES SHOWING SIMPLEST COMBINATION OF DISTINCT 

 PHONETIC ELEMENTS. THE ENDING C (OR CO) WHICH SIGNIFIES IN. 

 ON OR BY IS USUALLY UNREPRESENTED IN HIEROGLYPHS 



feffi 



Miztlan 



Itztlan Petlatlan 



THREE NAMES OF MEXICAN LOCALITIES. SIMPLE COMBINATIONS OF 

 PICTURE ELEMENTS 



Tlatlachco 

 A ball court laid out in 

 a field 



Tlachquiauhco 

 A ball court covered with 

 rain 



Tecalco 

 A house of stone3 



Tepetlacalco 

 A house made of 

 mats and stones 



PLACE NAMES SHOWING A CLOSE ASSOCIATION OF PHONETIC ELEMENTS 



Tenochtitlan 

 Te (stone) out of which grows 

 noch (cactus). Last two syllables 

 not represented 



Popocatepetl 

 "A smoking mountain" 

 The snowy summit is indicated 



Ahuilizapan 

 "By the joyful water." 

 Ancient name for Orizaba 



HIEROGLYPHS OF WELL-KNOWN PLACES IN MEXICO 



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