Chapultepec

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chapoltepēc (“on the grasshopper hill”), from chapolin (“grasshopper”) + tepētl (“hill”) + the locative suffix -co.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˌpulteˈpek/ [t͡ʃaˌpul̪.t̪eˈpek]
  • Audio (Mexico):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ek
  • Syllabification: Cha‧pul‧te‧pec

Proper noun

Chapultepec m

  1. a large, wooded park in central Mexico City; site of Los Pinos, the official residence of the president of Mexico
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