First Known Use: 1787
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Toltec
noun Tol·tec \ˈtōl-ˌtek, ˈtäl-\
Definition of TOLTEC
: a member of a people that dominated central and southern Mexico prior to the Aztecs
— Tol·tec·an \-ən\ adjective
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Origin of TOLTEC
Spanish tolteca, from Nahuatl tōltēcah, plural of tōltēcatl, literally, person from Tōllān (now Tula de Allende, Mexico)
Rhymes with TOLTEC
Atrek, Aztec, Baalbek, bed check, bedeck, Birkbeck, Bishkek, blank check, boatneck, breakneck, bull neck, cowl-neck, crew neck, cromlech, crookneck, cross-check, ewe-neck, exec, fact-check, flight deck, flyspeck, forecheck, foredeck, gooseneck, gut check, haček, hatcheck, henpeck, high tech, hook check, in check, Kazbek, kopeck, limbeck, longneck, low-tech, Mixtec, on deck, OPEC, parsec, paycheck, pinchbeck, poop deck, rain check, rebec, ringneck, roll-neck, roughneck, samekh, shipwreck, spell-check, spot-check, Steinbeck, sundeck, tape deck, tenrec, Uzbek, V-neck, vo-tech, Waldeck, Warbeck, well deck, wryneck, xebec
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