Popocatepetl

[ paw-paw-kah-te-pet-l, poh-puh-kat-uh pet-l ]

/ ˌpɔ pɔ kɑˈtɛˌpɛt l, ˌpoʊ pəˈkætˌəpɛt l /

a volcano in S central Mexico, SE of Mexico City. 17,887 feet (5450 meters).

Example sentences from the Web for popocatepetl

It will be nothing for us to make wings for even you, great Popocatepetl.

Last Words |Stephen Crane
Dorothy could do anything with him—and with Popocatepetl, as well.

The Corner House Girls at School |Grace Brooks Hill
It was at one time thought that Popocatepetl was the highest mountain in North America.

The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes |Edwin J. Houston
In this intendency is also the Popocatepetl, the highest mountain in Mexico.

The Indian in his Wigwam |Henry R. Schoolcraft

In the dry season it is fed by the melting snow fields of Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl far to the east.

On the Mexican Highlands |William Seymour Edwards

Popocatépetl

/ (ˌpɒpəˈkætəpɛtəl, -ˌkætəˈpɛtəl, Spanish popokaˈtepɛtl) /

a volcano in SE central Mexico, southeast of Mexico City. Height: 5452 m (17 887 ft)