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Popocatépetl

/ˌpɒpəkæˈtɛpɛtəl/

Popocatépetl proper noun: an active volcano in Mexico, located southeast of Mexico City.

popocatépetl: an active volcano in Mexico, located southeast of Mexico City
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Proper noun

Popocatépetl

  1. An active volcano in Mexico, located southeast of Mexico City.
    • Far to his left, in the northeast, beyond the valley and the terraced foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the two volcanoes, Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl, rose clear and magnificent into the sunset.1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 5

Forms of Popocatépetl

alternative formPopocatepetl

Origin of Popocatépetl

From Mexican Spanish Popocatépetl, from Classical Nahuatl Popōcatepētl (literally “smoking mountain”), from popōca (“to smoke”) + tepētl (“mountain, hill”).

Questions about Popocatépetl

What does Popocatépetl mean?
Popocatépetl means an active volcano in Mexico, located southeast of Mexico City.
What part of speech is Popocatépetl?
Popocatépetl is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Popocatépetl?
Popocatépetl is pronounced /ˌpɒpəkæˈtɛpɛtəl/.

Words near Popocatépetl in the dictionary

  1. popmobility
  2. popo
  3. Popoca
  4. Popocas
  5. Popocatepetl
  6. Popocatépetl
  7. popodam
  8. popodams
  9. popodom
  10. popodoms
  11. popodum

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