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Word: ixtacihuatl (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...Army, which was supposed to win and was therefore given a slight edge in numbers and equipment, also outwitted the Blues. First Red move was to slam partly motorized infantry and cavalry into the only two eastward passes -over the massif formed by the famous volcano Popocatepetl and by Ixtacihuatl, "the Sleeping Woman"-through almost roadless, thoroughly inaccessible country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: New Army | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

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