 Some sources list ""Choluteca"" as an alternative name of the people and their language, and this has caused some (for example Terrence Kaufman 2001) to speculate that they were the original inhabitants of the city of Cholula, who were displaced with the arrival of Nahua people in central Mexico.The etymology for the nomenclature "Chorotega" in this case would come from the Nahuatl language where ""Cholōltēcah"" means "inhabitants of Cholula", or "people who have fled".The region of southernmost Honduras known as Choluteca, along with Choluteca City, derive their names from this Nahuatl word.