Ixtaccihuatl

Also Ix·ta·ci·huatl

[ees-tahk-see-waht-l]

noun

1. Iztaccihuatl.

Ixtaccihuatl

/ ˌiːstəkˈsiːwətəl /

noun

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

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That he missed comparing the lovers Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl to Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, who experienced a similar fate of tragic love at their respective ends, is testament to this exceptional production, which encompasses all the genres of the fine arts: drama, literature, dance, art and music.

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Probable substages of glaciation on Ixtaccihuatl, Mexico.

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“That’s the famous one with the two volcanoes, Ixtaccihuatl, ‘the white woman’, and Popocatepetl, ‘the mountain that smokes’.

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Ixtaccihuatl was the beautiful daughter of a proud and powerful Aztec Emperor and his only child.

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Ixtaccihuatl had a wooden idol representing her in the Great Temple and Popocatepetl a representation of dough of amarand and maize seeds.

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