Anahuac (Aztec)

Anahuac (Spanish: Anáhuac; Nahuatl: Anahuac, transl. "land next to the water(s)") is a Nahuatl name which means "close to water." It can be broken down as atl + -nahuac, where atl means "water" and the suffix -nahuac is a relational word that can be affixed to a noun, meaning "next to" or "close to." Anahuac is sometimes used interchangeably with "Valley of Mexico", but Anahuac properly designates the south-central part of the 8,000 km2 (3,089 sq mi) valley, where well-developed pre-Hispanic culture traits had created distinctive landscapes now hidden by the urban sprawl of Mexico City. In the sense of modern geomorphological terminology, "Valley of Mexico" is misnamed.

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