Palenque

[ pah-leng-ke ]

noun

1. a village in SE Mexico, in Chiapas state: ruins of an ancient Mayan city.

Palenque

/ paˈleŋke /

noun

1. the site of an ancient Mayan city in S Mexico famous for its architectural ruins

Example Sentences

With me is David Graff, a German journalist and guide at Palenque Tours in Colombia, who is acting as my translator.

From The Daily Beast

The estancia itself consisted of a group of ranchos, in front of which two ombues shaded the palenque, where horses were tied.

From Project Gutenberg

Some attempts have been made to decipher the meaning of the Palenque tablets, considering the three pieces as a whole.

From Project Gutenberg

We may say, then, that in Palenque every Maya baby below ten months of age was sacral spotted, and that no Mestizo baby was.

From Project Gutenberg

Students of architecture find a rudimentary form of the arch occurring in some of the ruins, notably at Palenque.

From Project Gutenberg

Many of the sculptures in Copan and Palenque to which we have referred contain pictographs and hieroglyphs.

From Project Gutenberg