Tlascala

noun

Tlas·​ca·​la

tläˈskälə

variants or less commonly Tlascalan

-lən

plural Tlascala or Tlascalas also Tlascalan or Tlascalans

1

: a Nahuatl people of the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico

2

: a member of the Tlascala people

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