Popocatépetl

See also: Popocatepetl

English

Alternative forms

• Popocatepetl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɒpəkæˈtɛpɛtəl/

Proper noun

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.

See also

• Iztaccíhuatl

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Popocatépetl m

1. Popocatépetl

   Synonym: (colloquial, informal) Popo

See also

• Iztaccíhuatl