Definition

Proper noun: * A town in southeastern Mexico: Santa María del Tule is a town located in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is internationally famous for a single, ancient, and enormous tree located within it.

Usage

• The name is used to refer specifically to this geographical location.
  • We took a day trip from Oaxaca City to visit Santa María del Tule.
  • Santa María del Tule is in the Tlacolula District.

Advanced Usage

• The town's name is almost invariably mentioned in connection with its famous tree, El Árbol del Tule (The Tule Tree). The tree's species is , commonly known as the Montezuma cypress or .
  • The primary reason tourists visit Santa María del Tule is to see the ancient cypress tree in its main square.

Variants and Related Words

• El Tule: A common shortened or informal reference to the town.
  • The bus to El Tule leaves every hour.
• Árbol del Tule / Tule Tree: The proper name of the famous tree located in the town.
• Ahuehuete: The Nahuatl name for the Montezuma cypress species, often used to describe the Tule Tree.
• Montezuma cypress: The English common name for the tree species.

Synonyms

• There are no direct synonyms for this proper noun (a specific town's name).

Related Phrases

• "The town of Santa María del Tule": A fuller descriptive phrase.
• "Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca": The standard way to specify its state and avoid confusion with other places named "Santa María."

Noun

1. a town in southeastern Mexico near Oaxaca; site of Ahuehuete, a giant Montezuma cypress