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Cholula

[chaw-loo-lah]
noun
  1. a town in S Mexico, SE of Mexico City: ancient Aztec ruins.
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Examples from the Web for cholula

Historical Examples

  • He finds Assyria and the Mounds of Cholula at his door, and himself has laid the courses.

    Essays, First Series

    Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • The pyramid of Cholula is of truncated form, like most of these numerous structures.

    Mexico

    Charles Reginald Enock

  • It was a delightful afternoon when I mounted my horse for a ride to Cholula.

    Mexico and its Religion

    Robert A. Wilson

  • Some of these he left in the City of Cholula, and from those the inhabitants are descended.

    Mexico

    Susan Hale

  • So, in the present case, I would advise that he pass not by Cholula without a visit.

British Dictionary definitions for cholula

Cholula

noun
  1. a town in S Mexico, in Puebla state: ancient ruins, notably a pyramid, 53 m (177 ft) high. Pop: 82 964 (2005)
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