Nezahualcoyotl meaning "{{Coyote in fast}}" or "{{Coyote who Fasts}}" was a philosopher, warrior, architect, poet and ruler ({{tlatoani}}) of the city-state of {{Texcoco}} in pre-Columbian Mexico.
Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, or more commonlyCiudad Neza,is a city andmunicipalityofState of Mexico.It was named after Nezahualcoyotl, theAcolhuapoet and king of nearbyTexcoco, and was built on the drained bed ofLake Texcoco. The nameNezahualcóyotlcomes fromNahuatl, meaning "fastingcoyote."
Today Ciudad Neza is a sprawling city of over one million entirely with modern buildings.The glyph depicts the head of a coyote, tongue outside the mouth with a collar or necklace as a symbol of royalty. It was one of the ways of depicting the Aztec king. The current coat of arms, which includes the glyph, was authorized by the municipality in the 1990s.Themunicipalitycomprises its ownintrastate region,Region IX (Mexico State).