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Chichén Itzá

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Chichén Itzá, Yucatán/Mexico Mayan ruins. ‘The Mouths of the Wells of the Itzá’ from the Mayan chi ‘mouths’ and chen ‘wells’, and Itzá, a tribal name of Chontal origin.

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