Chapultepec

[ chuh-puhl-tuh-pek; Spanish chah-pool-te-pek ]

noun

1. a fortress and military school at the outskirts of Mexico City: captured by U.S. forces (1847) in the Mexican War; now a park.

Example Sentences

His likeness is said to have been sculptured with those of his predecessors on the cliff at Chapultepec.

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The story of their overthrow at Chapultepec is a brief one, as told by the Spanish writers.

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To-day we remember the gallant men who bore our flag in triumph from the Rio Grande to the heights of Chapultepec.

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It rises from the plain much as Chapultepec rises from the plain of Mexico.

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Chapultepec was a strong, well-fortified and well-armed fort.

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