chultun

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noun

A bottle-shaped underground storage chamber built by the pre-Columbian Maya in southern Mesoamerica, in some cases designed to collect rainwater.

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Meanings

nounchultun (plural chultuns or chultunes or chultunob)

plural chultuns · plural chultunes · plural chultunob

  1. A bottle-shaped underground storage chamber built by the pre-Columbian Maya in southern Mesoamerica, in some cases designed to collect rainwater.
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APA

chultun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chultun

MLA

“chultun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chultun. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chultun,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chultun.

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