Cholula

American  

[chaw-loo-lah] / tʃɔˈlu lɑ /

noun

1. a town in S Mexico, SE of Mexico City: ancient Aztec ruins.

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Cholula British  

/ tʃoˈlula /

noun

1. a town in S Mexico, in Puebla state: ancient ruins, notably a pyramid, 53 m (177 ft) high. Pop: 82 964 (2005)

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Example Sentences

McCormick upped its hot sauce bona fides with a $800 million deal for Cholula in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

It’s behind Mexican hot sauce Cholula and condiments brand French’s.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

The Quil family, butchers from generation to generation, left San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, about 79 miles away, on Dec. 9 and said they walked for 24 hours.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023

Carl and I loaded our portions with greenery, while the kid went straight for the bottle of Cholula Chipotle.

From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2021

When the Spaniards conquered the New World, the centre of this civilization had shifted further north, to Mexico proper, to the city of Mexico, to Tezcuco and to Cholula.

From Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru by R?ville, Albert