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Zócalo (Spanish pronunciation:) is the common name of the main square in central Mexico City. Prior to the colonial period , it was the main ceremonial center in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan . The plaza used to be known simply as the "Main Square" (Plaza Mayor) or "Arms Square" (Plaza de Armas), and today its formal name is Plaza de la ...
Oaxaca de Juárez (Spanish pronunciation: [waˈxaka ðe ˈxwaɾes]), or simply Oaxaca (Valley Zapotec: Ndua), is the capital [2] and largest city of the eponymous Mexican state of Oaxaca.
The historic center of Mexico City (Spanish: Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México), also known as the Centro or Centro Histórico, is the central neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico, focused on the Zócalo (or main plaza) and extending in all directions for a number of blocks, with its farthest extent being west to the Alameda Central. [2]
Pronunciation Note Respelling IPA; Aberdeen, Washington: AB-ər-deen / ˈ æ b ər d iː n / Also the city in Maryland Abiquiú, New Mexico: AB-ə-kew / ˈ æ b ə k juː / Regular in Spanish Acequia, Idaho: ə-SEE-kwə / ə ˈ s iː k w ə / Achilles, Kansas: ə-KIL-iss / ə ˈ k ɪ l ɪ s / Advance, North Carolina: AD-vanss / ˈ æ d v æ n s ...
Zócalo/Tenochtitlan metro station [b] is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the historic center of the city, in the Cuauhtémoc borough.It is an underground station with two side platforms, serving Line 2 (the Blue Line) between Allende and Pino Suárez metro stations.
View of the Templo Mayor and the surrounding buildings. The Templo Mayor (English: Main Temple) was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City.
Performance in the Zocalo in Mexico City. While "Concheros" is the oldest and most common name for the dance as performed today, other names are used such as Huehuenches, Chichimecas, Aztecas and Mexicas. Some are regional and some are names that have been used more recently to mark how the dance has evolved. [1] [2]
If the pronunciation in a specific accent is desired, square brackets may be used, perhaps with a link to IPA chart for English dialects, which describes several national standards, or with a comment that the pronunciation is General American, Received Pronunciation, Australian English, etc. Local pronunciations are of particular interest in ...