Definition of "Anahuac"

Anahuac

/ˈænəwæk/

proper noun
1. A city, the county seat of Chambers County, Texas, United States.
2. (historical) The Valley of Mexico in the Aztec era.
  Quotations
  In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood thirsty plunder seekers who fought their way to the Aztec capital.
  1889, William T. Hornaday, The Extermination of the American Bison‎