Included among the images that Rigoberta Menchú uses in order to subtly convey her people's ethnicity is an image of Guatemala as the "land of the quetzal."
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Quetzal
//ˈkɛt.səl//
Synonyms for "quetzal" (1 found)
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31 translations across 18 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
- quetzal noun (monetary unit)
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
1 entries- ketsaltototl noun (quetzal bird)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- quetzaltototl noun (quetzal bird)
Czech
1 entries- kvesal noun (quetzal bird)
Dutch
2 entries- quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
- quetzal noun (monetary unit)
Finnish
2 entries- ketsaali noun (quetzal bird)
- quetzal noun (monetary unit)
French
3 entries- couroucou royal noun (quetzal bird)
- quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
- quetzal noun (monetary unit)
German
2 entries- Quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
- Quetzal noun (monetary unit)
K'iche'
1 entries- q’uq’ noun (quetzal bird)
Mam
1 entries- q’uq’ noun (quetzal bird)
Marathi
2 entries- केट्जाल noun (quetzal bird)
- केट्जाल noun (monetary unit)
Navajo
1 entries- biʼééʼ dootłʼizhgo disxǫsígíí noun (quetzal bird)
Pipil
1 entries- ketzal noun (quetzal bird)
Polish
3 entries- kwezal noun (quetzal bird)
- quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
- quetzal noun (monetary unit)
Romanian
3 entries- cuezal noun (quetzal bird)
- quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
- quetzal noun (monetary unit)
Spanish
2 entries- quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
- quetzal noun (monetary unit)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кетсаль noun (monetary unit)
Yucatec Maya
2 entries- kuk noun (quetzal bird)
- kukuul noun (quetzal bird)
Sample sentences
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A strikingly beautiful bird, the quetzal is the national emblem of Guatemala, appearing on its currency and postage. The quetzal ranges from southern Mexico to Costa Rica.
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This particular wild avocado species had beautiful small black fruits set in a red cap that made it easy for the quetzals to find them.
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In 2002 Guatemala officially declared the U.S. dollar as legal tender to circulate in parallel to the national currency, the quetzal. This is not likely to last for long as the quetzal is not widely accepted and is considered a weak store of value.
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