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English
Etymology
From Yucatec Maya ch’ik (“flea”) + Yucatec Maya xulub (“devil, demon”) — "devil's flea".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chicxulub
- A town in Yucatán, Mexico, famous for being near the geographic center of the Chicxulub crater.
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