ce·no·te (s -n  t )n. A water-filled limestone sinkhole of the Yucatán. [American Spanish, from Yucatec ts'onot.] |
cenote [sɪˈnəʊteɪ]
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(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) (Social Science / 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
[via Mexican Spanish from Maya conot]
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