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mogote
[ muh-goh-tee ]
noun
- a residual hillock of limestone, honeycombed with cavities.
- Southwestern U.S. a patch of thickly grown brush or dense shrubbery.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mogote1
First recorded in 1925–30; from Central American Spanish, Spanish: “knoll, stack of sheaves”
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Example Sentences
On the north shore, a young local couple, Javier and Maria, run El Mogote, a chic cafe and nautical centre with kayaks to rent and the world’s best view.
From The Guardian
The biggest of the three chiefdoms was located near today’s village of San Jose Mogote.
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San Jose Mogote quickly rebuilt the temple a few yards away.
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The carved cadaver in San Jose Mogote may give a hint.
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In Mesoamerican cultures, the date of one’s birth was such an important augury of the future that people often acquired Discovered in 1975, this prone, disemboweled man was carved onto the stone threshold of a temple in San Jose Mogote, near the city of Oaxaca.
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