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Awallamaya (
Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
''awalla'' the first one of two newborn girls, ''maya'' one, ''amaya''
merlon
A merlon is the solid, upright section of a battlement (a crenellated parapet) in medieval architecture or fortifications. Merlons are sometimes pierced by narrow, vertical embrasures, or tooth-like slits designed for observation and fire. The sp ...
/ dead boy / beloved or very dear son or daughter / lazy / dead / skinny or weak person,
[Ludovico Bertonio, Transcripción del vocabulario de la lengua aymara (Spanish-Aymara dictionary)] Hispanicized spelling ''Aguallamaya'') is a
lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...
in
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
located in the
La Paz Department,
Ingavi Province
Ingavi is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. This is where the Battle of Ingavi occurred on November 18, 1841, and where the World Heritage Site of Tiwanaku is situated.
During the presidency of Eliodoro Villazón the province wa ...
,
Jesús de Machaca Municipality
Jesús de Machaca Municipality is the sixth municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It was created by Law No. 2351 on May 7, 2002, during the presidency of Jorge Quiroga Ramírez. Its seat is Jesús de M ...
, near the village Awallamaya. Its surface area is 96 km
2.
See also
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Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range
The Chilla-Kimsa Chata mountain range (also spelled Kimsachata, Aymara and Quechua ''kimsa'' three, Pukina ''chata'' mountain, "three mountains", Hispanicized spellings ''Quimsachata, Quimsa Chata'') is situated in Bolivia south east of Wiñaym ...
*
Jach'a Jawira
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Thujsa Jawira
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Qhunqhu Wankani
Qhunqhu Wankani ( Aymara, Hispanicized spellings ''Khonkho Wankane, Khonkho Wankani, Khonko Huancane, Qhunqhu Wankane'') is an archaeological site in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Ingavi Province, Jesús de Machaca Municipality. ...
References
Lakes of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
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