Ixtaccihuatl

[ ees-tahk-see-waht-l ]

  • Also Ix·ta·ci·huatl [ees-tah-see-waht-l]. /ˌis tɑˈsiˌwɑt l/.

Words Nearby Ixtaccihuatl

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Ixtaccihuatl in a sentence

  • Looking westward, as we entered the village, we saw the sun setting in a sea of gold, between Popocatapetl and Ixtaccihuatl.

    In Indian Mexico (1908) | Frederick Starr
  • He wished to die too, so he caused to be constructed a great pyramid upon which he himself laid the beautiful Ixtaccihuatl.

  • All quiet again in the shade of Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl.

    Diplomatic Days | Edith O'Shaughnessy
  • In the dry season it is fed by the melting snow fields of Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl far to the east.

    On the Mexican Highlands | William Seymour Edwards

British Dictionary definitions for Ixtaccihuatl

Ixtaccihuatl

Iztaccihuatl

/ (ˌiːstəkˈsiːwətəl) /


noun
  1. a dormant volcano in central Mexico, southeast of Mexico City. Height: (central peak) 5286 m (17 342 ft)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012