Aztlán
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thumb|275x275px|Map of the migration from Aztlán to Chapultepec
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- History
- Places postulated as Aztlán
- Etymology
- Used as symbolism by Chicano movement
- Movements that use or formerly used the concept of ''Aztlán''
- In popular culture
- In literature
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
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thumb|275x275px|Map of the migration from Aztlán to Chapultepec
Aztlán (from , ) is the ancestral home of the Aztec peoples. The word "Aztec" was derived from the Nahuatl aztecah, meaning "people from Aztlán." Aztlán is mentioned in several ethnohistorical sources dating from the colonial period, and while each cites varying lists of the different tribal groups who participated in the migration from Aztlán to central Mexico, the Mexica who later founded Mexico-Tenochtitlan are mentioned in all of the accounts.
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