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Cha•pul•te•pec
(chə pul′tə pek′; Sp. chä po̅o̅l′te pek′),USA pronunciation n.
- American Historya fortress and military school at the outskirts of Mexico City: captured by U.S. forces (1847) in the Mexican War;
now a park.