A tlatoani was a member of the Aztecnobility. Tlatoani is Nahuatl and means "speaker". Often the word tlatoani is used to refer to the Hueyi Tlatoani (great speaker), the Aztec "emperor".
Huēyi Tlàtoāni (Nahuatl "great speaker", also spelt Uei Tlatoani or Huey Tlahtoani; plural Huēyi Tlàtòquê) was the Nahuatl title used for the emperor of the Mexica (Aztec).
They were rulers of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, and as such became the heads of the Triple Alliance of Tenochtitlān, Texcoco, and Tlacopan.
The tlatoani was the head of government and the army, and also the high priest of the Mexica.
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