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Montezuma
mon-tih-ZOO-muh
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A Nahuatl masculine given name borne by two Aztec emperors, most famously Moctezuma II, who ruled at the time of the Spanish conquest.
"Montezuma II met Hernán Cortés in Tenochtitlan in 1519."
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Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl Moteuczoma, meaning roughly "he frowns like a lord."