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- In pre-Columbian Aztec society, calpulli (from classical Nahuatl calpōlli, Nahuatl pronunciation: [kaɬˈpoːlːi], meaning "large houses", singular calpul)...
- independent city-states, called altepetls, composed of smaller divisions (calpulli), which were again usually composed of one or more extended kinship groups...
- divided into 20 districts (calpullis, Nahuatl languages: calpōlli, pronounced [kaɬˈpoːlːi], meaning "large house"); and each calpulli, or 'big house', was crossed...
- Calpulli Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Calpulli), (ICAO: SCPL) is an airstrip 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of Paillaco, a town in the Los Ríos Region of Chile...
- for your calpulli and fly your banner with pride. Calpulli operated schools for young men to transform into warriors. Having a strong Calpulli was essential...
- community and for war. These youth schools were located in each district or calpulli. Life in the telpochcalli was tough. From early morning strenuous activities...
- grown developing in a web of local worship and community groups (called calpulli or kalpulli) and spreading to the Mexican Americans or Chicanos in the...
- Huēhuehtēōtl, Cuezaltzin Abode • Il****catl-Teotlatlauhco (Eleventh Heaven) • Calpulli (the center of the four cardinal directions) Gender Male Region Mesoamerica...
- independent city-state, called an altepetl, composed of smaller divisions (calpulli), which were again usually composed of one or more extended kinship groups...
- system of ejidos was based on an understanding of the preconquest Aztec calpulli and the medieval Spanish ejido, since the 20th century ejidos have been...