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chapultepec

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Cha⋅pul⋅te⋅pec

[chuh-puhl-tuh-pek; Sp. chah-pool-te-pek]
–noun
a fortress and military school at the outskirts of Mexico City: captured by U.S. forces (1847) in the Mexican War; now a park.
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Cha·pul·te·pec   (chə-pōōl'tə-pěk')   
A rocky hill south of Mexico City, Mexico. It was the site of a major American victory (September 12-13, 1847) during the Mexican War.
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