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ANAHUAC

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 912 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANAHUAC , a See also:

geographical See also:district of See also:Mexico, limited by the traditional and vaguely defined boundaries of an See also:ancient See also:Indian See also:empire or See also:confederation of that name previous to the See also:Spanish See also:conquest. The word is said to signify " See also:country by the See also:waters " in the old Aztec See also:language; hence the theory that Anahuac was located on the See also:sea See also:coast. One of the theories See also:relating to the location of Anahuac describes it as all the See also:plateau region of Mexico, with an See also:area equal to three-fourths of the See also:republic, and extending between the eastern and western coast ranges from Rio Grande to the See also:isthmus of See also:Tehuantepec. A more exact description, however, limits it to the See also:great plateau valley in a hich the See also:city of Mexico is located, between 18° 40' and 2o° 3o' N. See also:lat., about 200 M. See also:long by 75 M. wide, with an See also:average See also:elevation of 7500 ft., and a mean temperature of 62°. The accepted meaning of the name fits this region as well as any on the sea coast, as the lakes of this valley formerly covered one-tenth of its area. The existence of the name in See also:southern See also:Utah, See also:United States, and on the gulf coast of Mexico, has given rise to theories of other locations and wider See also:bounds for the old Indian empire.

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