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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A volcano, 5,897 m (19,347 ft) high, in the Andes of central Ecuador. The symmetrical snowcapped cone is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world.
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- noun the world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador
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Examples
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Perhaps my most favorite painting of his is called Cotopaxi Eruption.
Archive 2008-01-01 Zillabob 2008
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Perhaps my most favorite painting of his is called Cotopaxi Eruption.
Sunday, After Church... Zillabob 2008
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Musically, when things get more mucho macho, we get struts like the single "Cotopaxi" that whips out a little Geddy Lee over a chord pattern that borrows from seventies barroom bands on speed and occasional Crack The Sky time signature shakeups that pass by without throwing the rhythm into chaos.
Mike Ragogna: New Tunes On Monday: Wilco, The Mars Volta, Don Henley and Christina Courtin 2009
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I have always loved Fredic Edwin Church's enigmatic painting "Cotopaxi" and in the spirit of that, plus a nod to Lord of The Rings' "Mount Doom" I did this.
Volcano at Sunset... Zillabob 2008
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I have always loved Fredic Edwin Church's enigmatic painting "Cotopaxi" and in the spirit of that, plus a nod to Lord of The Rings' "Mount Doom" I did this.
Archive 2008-04-01 Zillabob 2008
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We have remarked, in the Cordillera of the Andes, that the conical mountains, such as Cotopaxi and Tungurahua, are oftener seen free from clouds, than those of which the tops are broken into bristly points, like
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'Cotopaxi' is another great spaced-out Jazz-Metal cut from Messers blah and blah.
music like dirt 2010
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'Cotopaxi' is another great spaced-out Jazz-Metal cut from Messers blah and blah.
music like dirt StopMe 2010
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- "Cotopaxi" shows the band's punk roots while mixing wah-wahs and distortions with moody catchy chants that would make prog rockers grin from ear to ear.
Filter Magazine 2009
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- "Cotopaxi" shows the band's punk roots while mixing wah-wahs and distortions with moody catchy chants that would make prog rockers grin from ear to ear.
Filter Magazine 2009
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