Izalco

American  

[ih-zal-koh, ee-sahl-kaw] / ɪˈzæl koʊ, iˈsɑl kɔ /

noun

1. an active volcano in W El Salvador. 6,070 feet (1,850 meters).

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Example Sentences

Throughout the ordeal, Marcela faithfully took a food parcel each week to the Izalco prison where her son was housed – a plastic bag filled with “cornflakes, oatmeal, bread and cookies”, she said, to help sustain José Duval beyond his meagre prison rations.

From BBC

The searches were carried out at prisons in Zacatecoluca and Izalco.

From Washington Times

Prosecutors have presented as evidence hundreds of telephone intercepts purportedly involving Ramos, however, including one from January in which he allegedly ordered the killing of three gang members in the Izalco prison in western El Salvador.

From Seattle Times

"It occurs only on the flanks of the Izalco Volcano in El Salvador - an incredibly dangerous place with super-hot fumeroles. "It's made of rare elements - vanadium and copper have to exist together, and it forms under an extremely narrow range of conditions.

From BBC

An imprisoned member of street gang Mara 18 poses for a photograph at the Izalco prison in El Salvador.

From BBC