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Montezuma, Moctezuma, Moteczoma, Motecuhzoma, Moteuczomah, and Mwatazuma are variant spellings of the same word and may refer to:
People
- Montezuma I (1398–1469), fifth Aztec emperor
- Montezuma II (c. 1460–1520), ninth Aztec emperor, killed during the Spanish conquest of Mexico, after he was captured by Conquistador Hernán Cortés
- Pedro Montezuma, son of Montezuma II
- Isabel Montezuma (1509–1550/1510–1550/1551), daughter of Montezuma II
- Leonor Cortés Montezuma (born c. 1528), illegitimate daughter of Hernán Cortés and Isabel Montezuma
- Isabel de Tolosa Cortés de Montezuma (1568–17th-century), Mexican heiress, wife of conqueror and explorer Don Juan de Onate, granddaughter of Hernán Cortés and great-granddaughter of Montezuma II
- Leonor Cortés Montezuma (born c. 1528), illegitimate daughter of Hernán Cortés and Isabel Montezuma
- Carlos Montezuma (c. 1860–1923), Yavapai/Apache activist and a founding member of the Society of American Indians
- Carlos López Montezuma (1909–1980), Mexican film actor
- Eduardo Matos Montezuma (born 1940), Mexican archaeologist
- Esteban Montezuma (born 1954), Mexican politician
- Julio Rodolfo Montezuma (born 1927), Mexican lawyer, Secretary of Finance under President Portillo, and director general of Pemex and the Somex bank
- Leonidas de Montezuma (1869–1937), English cricketer
- Montezuma Esparza (born 1949), American film director
- Montezuma Serrato (born 1976), Mexican retired footballer
- Montezuma Fuller (1858–1925), American architect
Places
Mexico
- Moctezuma, Sonora, a municipality
- Moctezuma, San Luis Potosí, a municipality
- Moctezuma River
- Moctezuma River (Sonora)
- Metro Moctezuma, a station on the Mexico City Metro
United States
- Montezuma, California, a ghost town
- Montezuma Hills, California
- Montezuma, Colorado, a Statutory Town
- Montezuma County, Colorado
- Montezuma, Georgia, a city
- Montezuma Township, Pike County, Illinois
- Montezuma, Indiana, a town
- Montezuma, Iowa, a city
- Montezuma Township, Gray County, Kansas
- Montezuma, Kansas, a city
- Montezuma, New Mexico, an unincorporated community
- Montezuma, New York, a town
- Montezuma, North Carolina, an unincorporated community
- Montezuma, Ohio, a village
- Montezuma, Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona
- Montezuma Creek, Utah, a settlement in Utah
- Montezuma Creek (San Juan River), a creek in Utah
- Montezuma Marsh, Cayuga Lake, New York
- Montezuma National Forest, Colorado
- Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York
- Montezuma Range, Nevada, a mountain range
- Montezuma Well, a natural limestone sinkhole near Rimrock, Arizona
Other
- Montezuma Falls, Tasmania, Australia
- Montezuma, Minas Gerais, Brazil, a municipality
- Montezuma, Costa Rica, a town
Operas
- Montezuma, hero of a 1695 opera by Henry Purcell (text by Dryden and Howard) known by the title The Indian Queen
- Motezuma, a 1733 opera by Antonio Vivaldi (until recently known under the title Montezuma)
- Montezuma (Graun), a 1755 opera by Carl Heinrich Graun
- Motezuma (Mysliveček), a 1771 opera by Josef Mysliveček
- Montesuma, a 1781 opera by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
- Montezuma (opera), a 1963 opera by Roger Sessions
- La Conquista, a 2005 opera by Lorenzo Ferrero (also known as Montezuma)
Ships
- Moctezuma (ship), a primarily Chilean sloop
- USS Montezuma, three ships of the United States Navy
Other uses
- Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo, Spanish hereditary title held by descendants of Moctezuma II
- Moctezuma de Orizaba, defunct Mexican soccer (football) team
- Montezuma (BBC documentary), 2009 TV documentary
- Montezuma (mythology), in the mythology of certain Amerindian tribes of the Southwest United States
- Montezuma (Norwood, Virginia), a home on the National Register of Historic Places
- Montezuma Castle (hotel), Las Vegas, New Mexico
- Montezuma leopard frog, a species of frog in the Ranidae family endemic to Mexico
- Montezuma Oropendola, a species of New World tropical icterid bird
- Montezuma, brand of tequila from Barton Brands
- Montezuma, a song by Fleet Foxes from their 2011 album Helplessness Blues
- Montezuma, a single by Cusco
See also
- Montezuma's revenge
- Ingham incident or Montezuma Affair, an 1835 naval battle between Mexico and the United States
- Halls of Montezuma (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles containing "Montezuma" or "Motezuma" or "Moctezuma"