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Tzintzuntzan was the ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Tarascan state capital of the same name. The name comes from the P'urhépecha word Ts’intsuntsani, which means "place of hummingbirds". Power was consolidated in Tzintzuntzan in the mid 15th century and the empire continued to grow and hold off attacks by the neighboring Aztec Empire, until the Spanish arrived.