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Definition of Palenques

Palenque
Palenque Pa*len"que, n. pl. (Ethnol.) A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras.

Meaning of Palenques from wikipedia

- Palenque (Spanish pronunciation: [pa'leŋke]; Yucatec Maya: Bàakʼ [ɓaːkʼ]), also anciently known in the Itza Language as Lakamha ("big water" or "big waters")...
- accepted any further runaways. Although the number of Palenques in Colombian territory has dwindled, Palenque remains unique for its uninterrupted resistance...
- Look up Palenque in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Palenque was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that flourished in the 7th century. Palenque may also...
- Palenque is a city and muni****lity in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. The city was named almost 200 years before the nearby Mayan ruins...
- many of them fled inland and created walled cities known as palenques. Some of these palenques grew very large, holding hundreds of people, and they all...
- Taco Palenque is a Mexican cuisine restaurant chain in Texas & Nuevo León. The restaurant is headquartered in Laredo, Texas and was established in 1987...
- Great (March 24, 603 – August 29, 683), was ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque in the Late classic period of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology. He...
- Cerro Palenque is an archaeological site in the department of Cortés in Honduras. The city was founded in the Late classic (500-800 AD) but reached its...
- thousands of runaways living in these palenques. However, the eastern mountains harboured the longer lasting palenques, in particular those of Moa and Maluala...
- Palenquero (sometimes spelled Palenkero) or Palenque (Palenquero: Lengua) is a Spanish-based creole language spoken in Colombia. It is believed to be a...