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Meaning & History
Derived from Nahuatl copilli, a kind of conical hat or headpiece. This was the name of a figure of Aztec mythology, a son of Malinalxochitl who sought revenge for his mother’s abandonment by her people. He was killed and his heart thrown into a lake, where it grew into a nopal, or prickly pear cactus.