Montezuma
Montezuma , Motezuma or Moctezuma denotes:
Family:
- Moctezuma (noble family) (verballhorn also Montezuma ), a Spanish grande family of Aztec origin
People:
- Montezuma (god) a mythical god-king of the Pueblo Indians in the American Southwest
- Moctezuma Ilhuicamina (Moctezuma I) (1390–1469), Aztec ruler
- Moctezuma Xocoyotzin (Moctezuma II.) (1465–1520), Aztec ruler
- Moctezuma Serrato (* 1976), Mexican football player
- Javier Moctezuma Barragán (* 1953), Mexican ambassador
- Julio Rodolfo Moctezuma (* 1927), Mexican politician and manager
- Magdalena Montezuma (1942–1984), German actress
- María Guadalupe Moctezuma (* 1983), Mexican politician
- Maria Guadalupe Graillet Moctezuma (* 1983), Mexican musician
- Maria Xipaguazin Moctezuma († 1537), Aztec princess, daughter of Montezuma II, wife of Joan de Grau i Ribó
Operas
- Motezuma , an opera by Antonio Vivaldi (1733)
- Montezuma (Graun) , an opera by Carl Heinrich Graun (1755)
- Motezuma (de Majo) , an opera by Gian Francesco de Majo (1765)
- Motezuma (Mysliveček) , an opera by Josef Mysliveček (1771)
- Montezuma, an opera by Antonio Sacchini (1775)
- Montesuma, an opera by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1781)
- Montezuma (Sessions) , an opera by Roger Sessions (1963)
- Montezuma (Ferrero) , an opera by Lorenzo Ferrero (2005)
Places:
- Moctezuma (Buenos Aires) , Argentina
- Montezuma (Minas Gerais) , Brazil
- Montezuma (Costa Rica) , Costa Rica
in Mexico:
in the United States:
- Montezuma (Arizona)
- Montezuma (Colorado)
- Montezuma (Georgia)
- Montezuma (Illinois)
- Montezuma (Indiana)
- Montezuma, Iowa
- Montezuma (California)
- Montezuma (Kansas)
- Montezuma (Nevada)
- Montezuma (New Mexico)
- Montezuma (New York)
- Montezuma, North Carolina
- Montezuma (Ohio)
- Montezuma (Tennessee)
- Montezuma (Virginia)
Others
- (2272) Montezuma , asteroid named after Moctezuma II
- Río Moctezuma (Río Pánuco) , headwaters of the Río Pánuco in Hidalgo and Querétaro, Mexico
- Río Moctezuma (Río Yaqui) , tributary of the Río Yaqui in Sonora, Mexico
- Montezuma , a synonym for the tropical hibiscus plant genus
- Montezuma pygmy crayfish , a species of crayfish from Mexico
- Montezuma Castle , a national monument in Arizona
- Montezuma's revenge , a slang term for traveler's diarrhea
- Cervecería Moctezuma , since 1988 Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma , brewery in Orizaba , Mexico
- Union Deportiva Moctezuma de Orizaba , former Mexican football club
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