cenoten.

/sɛˈnəʊteɪ/

Etymology: Yucatan Spanish, < Maya conot.

A natural underground reservoir of water, such as occurs in the limestone of Yucatan.

ΘΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > underground reservoir

cenote1841

standage1842

pocket1852

gnamma hole1893

1841 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Central 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.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 379/2 The cenotes or underground reservoirs were the important factors in locating the ruins of Northern Yucatan.

1902 Amer. Anthropologist 4 128 Offerings..were cast into..the deep cenotes, or natural wells, to appease the gods believed to dwell therein.

1940 Geogr. Jrnl. 95 123 All of the ancient cities were located close to sink holes or cenotes.

1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation xiv. 308 The forms most typical of karst are the cenotes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	cenote
释义	cenoten. /sɛˈnəʊteɪ/ Etymology: Yucatan Spanish, < Maya conot. A natural underground reservoir of water, such as occurs in the limestone of Yucatan. ΘΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > underground reservoir cenote1841 standage1842 pocket1852 gnamma hole1893 1841 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Central 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. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 379/2 The cenotes or underground reservoirs were the important factors in locating the ruins of Northern Yucatan. 1902 Amer. Anthropologist 4 128 Offerings..were cast into..the deep cenotes, or natural wells, to appease the gods believed to dwell therein. 1940 Geogr. Jrnl. 95 123 All of the ancient cities were located close to sink holes or cenotes. 1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation xiv. 308 The forms most typical of karst are the cenotes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1841
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