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Right. The Mexica or Aztecs named their city Mexico-Tenochtitlan, hence the name.

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What was the name of th Aztec of Mexico?

Mexica


What does Mexico mean?

it was the name of the Nahua Aztec tribe, the Mexica


Name of the ancient people of Mexico?

The Mexica (Nahuatl) were an indigenous people of Mexico, known today as the Aztecs. There is disagreement over the meaning of the name Mexica, and the place name Mexico (Mexihco) where they lived. The name of Mexico comes from the Nahuatl name Mexihco.


Who called land that is now Mexico by this name?

The Aztecs. They knew themselves as Mexica, and their city-state was known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan.


Did Mexico get its name from maxica?

Mexico got its name from the Mexica people (wrongly named as Aztecs by contemporary archeologists). It comes from their capital city name: Mexico-Tenochtitlan. It means "place of cactus in the middle of the Moon Lake".


What is the name of Mexico's famous Indian civilization that had their capital located in present day Mexico City?

The Aztec (or Mexica, as they knew themselves) civilization.


What native Indian mix did the Mexican come from?

Mexican or "Mexica" itself was the name of the native group. There were hundreds of other smaller cultures as well in Mexico, but the word Mexican and Mexico comes from the Mexica Triple Alliance, which arguably had the largest population.


Where did the Aztecs get their name from?

Aztec's (Mexica) got their name from archaeologists. The true name for the group of people is Mexica. When they walked the land and were asked what they were, they replied Mexica and not Aztec. Aztec can refer to a person who has origins in Aztlan. Aztlan is the land the United States stole from Mexico in the Mexican-American war and is part of the land the indigenous people known as the Mexica walked through after crossing over the Bering Straits, to get to this continent.


What was the Mexica's name?

The Aztecs, today they are called the Mexica's


Are Aztec people still around?

Mexica The word Aztec is relatively new. The Mexica people still inhabit Mexico.


What year did Mexica move into central Mexico?

1325 AD


Are mexicas from Mexico?

Yes. Mexica is how the Aztecs knew of themselves.