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Why did they name the new city Tenochtitlan?

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∙ 12y ago
Updated: 8/19/2023

Legend has it, that the Aztecs found the place for their new City in a spot where they saw an eagle perched on a cactus eating a snake. Once their city was complete, They called it Tenochtitlan, meaning "Place of the Prickly Pear Cactus".

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