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cenote|sɛˈnəʊteɪ|
[Yucatan Sp., f. Maya conot.]
A natural underground reservoir of water, such as occurs in the limestone of Yucatan.
1841J. L. Stephens Incidents Travel Cent. Amer. II. xxiii. 408 The servant urged us to go immediately and see a cenote... It was a large cavern or grotto, with a roof of broken, overhanging rock..and at the bottom water pure as crystal..resting upon a bed of white limestone rock. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXV. 379/2 The cenotes or underground reservoirs were the important factors in locating the ruins of Northern Yucatan. 1902Amer. Anthropologist IV. 128 Offerings..were cast into..the deep cenotes, or natural wells, to appease the gods believed to dwell therein. 1940Geogr. Jrnl. XCV. 123 All of the ancient cities were located close to sink holes or cenotes. 1963D. W. & E. E. Humphries tr. Termier's Erosion & Sedimentation xiv. 308 The forms most typical of karst are the cenotes. |