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/Sounds like "gwah" (as in "Guam") + "hoh" (as in "hope") + "LOH" (as in "loan") + "teh" (as in "ten")/

Meaning

Turkey in Mexico, from the Nahuatl word "huexolotl", the bird the Aztecs domesticated thousands of years before the world knew about it. Today it's eaten at Christmas, in mole, and is essential to Mexican cuisine.

Examples

We roasted a guajolote for Christmas dinner.

The ranch guajolote is huge.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Costa Rica
Bandera de Guatemala
Bandera de Honduras
Bandera de Nicaragua
Bandera de El Salvador
Chompipe

A cockfighting arena or the main concert stage at a regional fair in Mexico. The palenque is the beating heart of action at Mexican ferias, whether you are watching roosters fight or catching a famous banda or norteño act. Both meanings carry the same rowdy, electric crowd energy.