Uxmal

[ oos-mahl ]

/ usˈmɑl /

an ancient ruined city in SE Mexico, in Yucatán: a center of later Mayan civilization.

Example sentences from the Web for uxmal

At Uxmal the walls were smooth below the cornice; here they are covered with decorations from top to bottom.

Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology |John D. Baldwin
Some slight remains of walls are seen at Uxmal and Mayapan, but insufficient to prove that these were walled cities.

The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume IV |Hubert Howe Bancroft
At Uxmal the buildings consist of five considerable groups, viz.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 |Various
Now as to this point the sculptured slabs of Uxmal and Chichen-Itza tell their own story.

The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) |John Fiske.

Stephens found one of these animal couches at Uxmal, but on this there was no figure.

The American Egypt |Channing Arnold

Uxmal

/ (Spanish uzˈmal) /

an ancient ruined city in SE Mexico, in Yucatán: capital of the later Maya empire