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cenoteenUK
ce·no·te C0195350 (sə-nō′tē)n. A water-filled limestone sinkhole of the Yucatán.
[American Spanish, from Yucatec ts'onot.]cenote (sɪˈnəʊteɪ) n1. (Geological Science) (esp in the Yucatán peninsula) a natural well formed by the collapse of an overlying limestone crust: often used as a sacrificial site by the Mayas2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) (esp in the Yucatán peninsula) a natural well formed by the collapse of an overlying limestone crust: often used as a sacrificial site by the Mayas[C19: via Mexican Spanish from Mayan conot]ce•no•te (səˈnoʊ ti)
n. a deep natural well or sinkhole of the Yucatán Peninsula, formed by the collapse of surface limestone. [1835–45; < Mexican Spanish < Yucatec Mayan] TranslationscenoteenUK
cenote[sə′nōd·ē] (civil engineering) pothole |