Corroborating Circumstances
But in the Nahuatl language we find immediately the radical a, atl, which signifies water, war, and the top of the head.
American Evidences of Intercourse with Europe Or Atlantis
And there is wanting neither a catastrophe--for Xibalba had a terrific inundation--nor the name of Atlas, of which the etymology is found only in the Nahuatl tongue: it comes from atl, water; and we know that a city of Atlan (near the water) still existed on the Atlantic side of the Isthmus of Panama at the time of the Conquest."
The 5 Suns
Meaning: "Nahui" means "four," and "Ocelotl" means "jaguar" in Nahuatl, indicating the era characterized by jaguars.
Meaning: "Nahui" means "four," and "Ehécatl" means "wind" in Nahuatl, indicating the era characterized by wind.
Meaning: "Nahui" means "four," and "Quiahuitl" means "rain" in Nahuatl, indicating the era characterized by rain.
Meaning: "Nahui" means "four," and "Atl" means "water" in Nahuatl, indicating the era characterized by water.
Meaning: "Nahui" means "four," and "Ollin" means "movement" in Nahuatl, indicating the movement or change that characterizes this era.
American Evidences of Intercourse with Europe or Atlantis
The name "Atlan," derived from the Nahuatl word for water, is echoed in place names and myths, suggesting a connection to Atlantis.
Instead, the Nahuatl language offers the word "atl" (water), leading to "atlan" (on the border of or amid the water), which could be the origin of the name Atlantic.
The Annals of the CakchiQuels
"Tollan" or "Tula" means "Place of Reeds" in Nahuatl, which is a symbolic name often used to describe major city centers or legendary places in Mesoamerican mythology.
There are also some proper names, both personal and geographical, which are clearly of Nahuatl derivation.
The Pipils, their immediate neighbors to the South, cultivating the hot and fertile slope which descends from the central plateau to the Pacific Ocean, were an Aztec race of pure blood, speaking a dialect of Nahuatl, very little different from that heard in the schools of classic Tezcuco.
Later, when the Spanish occupation had brought with it thousands of Nahuatl speaking followers, who supplied the interpreters for the conquerers, Nahuatl names became much more abundant, and were adopted by the natives in addressing the Spaniards.
In these names, all of them pure Nahuatl, the word Tecpan means the royal residence or capital; Quauhtemallan (Guatemala), “the place of the wood-pile;” Utlatlan, “the place of the giant cane;” Atitlan, “the place by the water;” Tezolotlan, “the place of the narrow stone,” or “narrowed by stones.”
The Destruction of Atlantis
"Atlantic" and "Atlas" may come from the Nahuatl word "atl" (water) and "atlan" (bordering water).
Temple of Cholula
The Temple of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl (meaning "handmade mountain" in Nahuatl), is an ancient archaeological site located in present-day Mexico.