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Iztaccíhuatl

UK/ˌɪstækˈsɪwætl̩/US/ˌistɑkˈsiwɑtl̩/

Iztaccíhuatl proper noun: a mountain in central Mexico, the third-highest peak in Mexico.

iztaccíhuatl: a mountain in central Mexico, the third-highest peak in Mexico
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Proper noun

Iztaccíhuatl

  1. A mountain in central Mexico, the third-highest peak in Mexico.

Forms of Iztaccíhuatl

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Origin of Iztaccíhuatl

From Spanish Iztaccíhuatl, from Classical Nahuatl iztāc (“white”) + cihuātl (“woman”). The mountain's name in Classical Nahuatl was Iztāc tepētl (literally “white mountain”).

Questions about Iztaccíhuatl

What does Iztaccíhuatl mean?
Iztaccíhuatl means a mountain in central Mexico, the third-highest peak in Mexico.
What part of speech is Iztaccíhuatl?
Iztaccíhuatl is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Iztaccíhuatl?
Iztaccíhuatl is pronounced /ˌɪstækˈsɪwætl̩/ (UK).

Words near Iztaccíhuatl in the dictionary

  1. Izon
  2. Izora
  3. izori
  4. Izquierdo
  5. Izquierdos
  6. Iztaccíhuatl
  7. Iztapa
  8. Iztapalapa
  9. Izu
  10. Izu Islands
  11. Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Iztaccíhuatl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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