nican tlacatl

== Classical Nahuatl == === Etymology === Literally "here person". === Noun === nicān tlācatl (plural nicān tlācah) A local person; a local. c. 1550–80: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 12 An indigenous person; a native. ==== Usage notes ==== Usually used in the plural. ==== Synonyms ==== (indigenous person) macehualli === References === Campbell, R. Joe (1997), “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], archived from the original on 20 February 2011 Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 194, 227