Where does the name Aztec same from?

The name "Aztec" is derived from "Aztlán," a mythical place believed to be the ancestral home of the Mexica people, who later became known as the Aztecs. The term was popularized in the 19th century by historians and scholars to refer to the civilization that thrived in central Mexico from the 14th to the 16th centuries. The Aztecs themselves identified as Mexica, and they referred to their empire as "Tenochtitlan," after their capital city. The name "Aztec" encompasses the cultural and historical aspects of this influential Mesoamerican civilization.