Tlaxcala

Meaning

A state of Mexico.

(history) An indigenous Mesoamerican polity in what is now Mexico.

(history) A province of New Spain.

The capital city of the state of Tlaxcala.

(Catholicism, history) Until 1903, a Roman Catholic diocese; now the archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles.

(Catholicism) A Roman Catholic diocese erected in 1959.

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Examples

Aftermath The Spaniards were forced to flee the city and they took refuge in Tlaxcala, and signed a treaty with them to conquer Tenochtitlan, offering to the Tlaxcalans freedom from any kind of tribute and the control of Tenochtitlan. Source: Internet

Appointment to governorship of Mexico and internal dissensions A painting from Diego Muñoz Camargo 's History of Tlaxcala (Lienzo Tlaxcala), c. 1585, showing La Malinche and Hernán Cortés. Source: Internet

They defeated the Spaniards and what was left of their Mexican Tlaxcala Indian allies, forcing them to withdraw to Guatemala. Source: Internet

While Tlaxcalteca troops continued to help the Spaniards, and Tlaxcala received better treatment than other indigenous nations, the Spanish eventually disowned the treaty. Source: Internet