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TOLUCA, or TOLOCCAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1062 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TOLUCA, or TOLOCCAN

TOLUCA, or TOLOCCAN , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

Mexico and See also:

capital of the See also:

state of Mexico, on the S.W. border of the See also:

ANAHUAC

Anahuac See also:

plateau, at the See also:

FOOT

foot of the Cerro See also:

SAN

San See also:

MIGUEL, MARIA EVARIST (1802–1866)

Miguel de Tutucuitlalpillo, about 865o ft. above See also:

sea-level. Pop. (1900), 25,940. Toluca is on the Mexican See also:

NATIONAL

National railway, 36 m. W.S.W. of the national capital. Its situation near the high See also:

CORDILLERA

cordillera gives it a See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold, changeable See also:

CLIMATE

climate. The See also:

government has a meteorological station here and a national See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college. See also:

INDUSTRIES

Industries include the manufacture of See also:

cotton fabric, See also:

FLOUR

flour and See also:

WAX

wax candles. See also:

SWINE

Swine-breeding is a profitable occupation in the vicinity. The Nevado de Toluca, an See also:

EXTINCT

extinct See also:

VOLCANO

volcano, rises to a height of 14,950 ft. on the See also:

south-See also:

west See also:

side of the See also:

TOWN

town. Its See also:

SUMMIT

summit is frequently draped with See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow, and its broken-down See also:

CRATER

crater contains a See also:

lake. Traditionally Toluca was one of the earliest Toltec settlements on the Anahuac tableland, but no remains of this occupation have been preserved.

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