Chichén Itzá

American  

[chee-chen eet-sah, eet-suh] / tʃiˈtʃɛn itˈsɑ, ˈit sə /

noun

1. the ruins of an ancient Mayan city, in central Yucatán state, Mexico.

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Chichen Itzá British  

/ tʃiˈtʃen itˈsa /

noun

1. a village in Yucatán state in Mexico: site of important Mayan ruins

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Example Sentences

The video shows him and his team exploring areas of restricted access in the Mayan cities of Calakmul and Chichén Itzá.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

I always pick up the sauce when I eat at his L.A. restaurant Chichén Itzá, a longtime favorite in our family for panuchos, cochinita pibil and many other Yucatecan classics.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022

In one famous example from late-stage Maya history, at the site of Chichén Itzá in Mexico, a snake head sculpture sits at the foot of a staircase going up a massive pyramid.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 1, 2022

I was expecting smaller edifices like those I’d visited south of Tulum, but this settlement was more on par with a smaller version of Tikal in Guatemala or Chichén Itzá.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2022

Morning visitors to the 10-plus-square-mile site, where pyramids rise above a forest canopy populated by monkeys and toucans, can experience a solitude unthinkable at tourist-clogged Maya sites like Chichén Itzá.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2015