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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fair point - notlahtlacōl. "World" does seem more accurate.

I wouldn't be surprised if modern Nahuatl varieties used tlālticpactli to refer to the planet itself. (Still, my example is from Classical Nahuatl, so your correction is spot on.)