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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A volcano, 5,452 m (17,887 ft) high, in central Mexico west of Puebla. It became active again in January 1994 after being dormant for decades.
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- proper noun An active
volcano inMexico , located southeast ofMexico City .
Etymologies
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From Spanish Popocatépetl, from Classical Nahuatl Popōcatepētl (literally "smoking mountain"), from popōca ("to smoke") + tepētl ("mountain, hill").
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