The largest city of pre-Columbian America, situated about 40 km (25 miles) north-east of Mexico City. Built c.300 BC, it reached its zenith c.300–600 AD, when it was the centre of an influential culture which spread throughout Meso-America. It was sacked by the invading Toltecs c.900.
Definition of Teotihuacán in US English:
Teotihuacán
proper nounˌtēəˌtēwäˈkän
The largest city in pre-Columbian America, 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Mexico City. Built c.300 BC, it reached its zenith c.AD 300–600, when it was the center of an influential culture that spread throughout Meso-America. It was sacked by the invading Toltecs c.900.