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Chapultepec definition

Cha·pul·te·pec (c̸hə po̵ol′tə pek′, -pul′-)

a rocky hill in Mexico City: captured (Sept., 1847) in an American assault led by Gen. Winfield Scott in the Mexican War

Etymology: Nahuatl, lit., grasshopper hill

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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