teopan

English

Noun

teopan (plural teopans)

1. An Aztec temple.

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From teotl (“deity, god”) +‎ -pan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [teˈoː.pan]

Noun

teopan

1. church, temple.

References

• Vocabulario básico náhuatl-español (2004); Secretaría de Educación Pública, Gobierno del Estado de Hidalgo; Mexico.

Central Nahuatl

Noun

teopan

1. (Tlaxcala) church

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 22 May 2015

Alternative forms

• teōpantli

Etymology

From teōtl (“god”) +‎ -pan (“forming locations, -ium”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [teˈoː.pan]

Noun

teōpan (locative)

1. A temple, a shrine dedicated to any of multiple Aztec deities.
2. (Christianity) A Roman Catholic place of worship; a church.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 74r. col. 1:

     Ygleſia. lo meſmo. vel. teopan.teopantli. / teocalli. teopan calli.

     A church. the same, also teopan. teopantli. teocalli. teopan calli.

   • Idem, f. 101r. col. 1.

     Teopan. ygleſia,o templo.

     Teopan. a church or temple.

Synonyms

• (Aztec shrine): teōcalli, teōpancalli
• (Roman Catholic place of worship): iglesia, teōcalli, teōpancalli

Derived terms

• teōpancalli
• teōpaneh
• teōpan māhuizzōcān
• teōpantōntli

References

• Alonso de Molina (1571), Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 74, 101
• Rémi Siméon (1885), Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 489