Paricutín

American  

[pah-ree-koo-teen] / pɑˌri kuˈtin /

noun

1. a volcano in W central Mexico: formed by an eruption 1943–52. 8,200 feet (2,500 meters).

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Paricutín British  

/ parikuˈtin /

noun

1. a volcano in W central Mexico, in Michoacán state, formed in 1943 after a week of earth tremors; grew to a height of 2500 m (8200 ft) in a year and buried the village of Paricutín

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Example Sentences

From the textile villages, I went west to Angahuan, the jumping-off point for full-day hikes to Paricutín’s otherworldly crater, spending the night at the spartan, community-run Centro Turístico Angahuan.

From New York Times

The best option for visits to Paricutín is an overnight stay at the community-run Centro Turístico Angahuan, where a simple cabin with a working fireplace starts at 500 Mexican pesos.

From New York Times

Clambering down into the half-buried ruins of San Juan Paringuricutiro, past stone archways subsumed in lava less than 80 years ago, I glanced up over jagged spires of black basalt to the ash cone of Paricutín, one of the world’s youngest volcano, hovering like a specter on the horizon.

From New York Times

While urban Mexicans and foreigners often treat those traditions as static relics, in the region, they’re dynamic and ever changing, producing new icons with the same spontaneous creative energy that forced Paricutín up through the earth’s crust.

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Two mornings later, after a day hike to Paricutín’s summit through the ruins of San Juan Parangaricutiro, its lava-choked chapel the only surviving remnant of the village, I drove north to the ceramics towns near the border with Jalisco.

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