Chicanos call
Texas by the
name Tejaztlan, referencing the the legendary ancestral home of the Nahua peoples, one of the main cultural groups in Mesoamerica. Aztec is the Nahuatl word for "people from Aztlan". Some Chicanos feel that the name Aztlan refers to the lands of Northern Mexico that were annexed by the United States as a result of the Mexican-
American War. Hence the use of Tejaztlan, Califaztlan, Arizaztlan, New Mejaztlan, Coloraztlan, Nevadaztlan, and Utaztlan.