Popocatépetl

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See also: Popocatepetl

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌpɒpəkæˈtɛpɛtəl/

Proper noun

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Popocatépetl

  1. An active volcano in Mexico, located southeast of Mexico City.
    • 1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 5:
      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.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Popōcatepētl (literally smoking mountain), from popōca (to smoke) + tepētl (mountain, hill).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /popokaˈtepetl/ [po.po.kaˈt̪e.pe.t̪l]
  • Audio (Chile):(file)
  • Rhymes: -epetl
  • Syllabification: Po‧po‧ca‧té‧pe‧tl

Proper noun

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Popocatépetl m

  1. Popocatépetl
    Synonym: (colloquial, informal) Popo

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