caracol

[kar-uh-kol]

noun

caracolled, caracolling 

1. caracole.

Other Word Forms

• caracoller noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of caracol¹

From Spanish

Example Sentences

One center, Caracol in northern Haiti, opened in 2012 with $300 million in funding from the U.S. and development banks.

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While Caracol was designed to accommodate tens of thousands of employees, today it employs only about 2,000 because of Haiti’s security problems and the uncertainty over the preferential trade program.

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For example, an altar found at the nearby site of Caracol shows Papmalil exchanging gifts with the local ruler in 820 C.E.

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"I feel a pain deep in my soul," resident Alis Amaya told local station Caracol news.

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Mauricio Mr. Botero’s daughter Lina Botero told the Colombian radio station Caracol that her father died of complications of pneumonia on Friday morning, The Associated Press reported.

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