Atitlán

[ ah-tee-tlahn ]

noun

1. Lake Atitlán, a crater lake in southwestern Guatemala, 4,700 feet (1,433 meters) above sea level. About 53 square miles (137 square kilometers).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Atitlán¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Nahuatl: literally, “between the waters,” equivalent to atl “water” + titlan, a suffix meaning “between”

Example Sentences

Their first arrival at Lake Atitlan is noted , and the war that they waged with the Ikomags .

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Quezaltenango, the aboriginal Xelahuh, is some twenty-five or thirty miles westward from Lake Atitlan.

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Atitlan, a lake and mountain of Central America in Guatemala.

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Very nearly or quite the same organization prevailed in the courts of Quiche and Atitlan.

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On the land side the slope of Atitlan dipped into the great lake which sparkled below us in the sunlight.

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