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Palenque

American  
[pah-leng-ke] / pɑˈlɛŋ kɛ /

noun

  1. a village in SE Mexico, in Chiapas state: ruins of an ancient Mayan city.


Palenque British  
/ paˈleŋke /

noun

  1. the site of an ancient Mayan city in S Mexico famous for its architectural ruins

"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

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“There is no “red phone” from Palenque to the National Palace.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Nothing to the scope and scale of Palenque LSNA’s Parent Mentor Program has been funded or sustained over time in Washington.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2024

The Toniná archaeological site may not be as well-known as that of Mayan ruins in Palenque but it is an impressive complex built on a hill in the jungle of Chiapas.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2022

This age set the foundation for the blossoming of Maya culture during the subsequent Classic period, known for cities including Tikal in Guatemala, Palenque in Mexico and Copan in Honduras.

From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2022

Apparently he thought that either Izancanac or the large town reached after that was Palenque.

From History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. by Means, Philip Ainsworth

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