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Originally Posted by jasg224
Love it! Am I correct in assuming the main logo was inspired by the Mexica sun stone?
Cultural/Historic sidenote for those interested: (I know nobody ask but this is something I have to say as a native mexican proud of my heritage.) Even though the "Aztec" empire and such other terms are popular, the correct term for them would be Mexica, Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Tenochca or Triple Alliance (the nahuatl name for this state was Exkan Tlahtoloyan: the three places that give orders). They never called themselves Aztecs, this is a name made up by gringo historians who thought referring to them as Mexican would be for some reason confusing. The term "aztec" is referring to their legend of coming from a place called Aztlán, which I think is ironic because why would you name them after the place and people they were actively trying to get away from. Nowadays, mexican historians/archeologists/etc shy away from using the term "aztec" in favor of using the more correct terms mentioned above. "Aztec" has been relegated to a sort of "common language" umbrella term for most of the nahuatl speaking communities of central Mexico.
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Thanks Jasg, this is really interesting, and I always want to make sure I'm using correct terms and being sensitive to important facts like this. Thanks for saying. Would Mexico City Tenochca be a better name for the team? Is there anything in particular you'd like to call a team from Mexico City, would you prefer they steered away from native Mexican names?