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Noun: Chapultepec  chu'pûl-tu,pek
  1. A pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847)
    - Battle of Chapultepec

Type of: pitched battle

Part of: Mexican War, Mexican-American War

Encyclopedia: Chapultepec, State of Mexico