Meanings
alternative Popocatepetl
- 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
Origin
- Classical NahuatlPopōcatepētl
- Mexican SpanishPopocatépetl
- EnglishPopocatépetl
From Mexican Spanish Popocatépetl, from Classical Nahuatl Popōcatepētl (literally “smoking mountain”), from popōca (“to smoke”) + tepētl (“mountain, hill”).
More words from Mexican Spanish, Classical Nahuatl
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Popocatépetl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Popocat%C3%A9petl
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