Paramonga is a town in central
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
, capital of the district of
Paramonga in the province of
Barranca
Barranca (Spanish for "canyon" or "ravine"), may refer to:
Geography
Argentina
* Barranca Yaco, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Argentina
Chile
* Barrancas, Pichilemu, a village in Pichilemu
Colombia
* Barrancas, La Guajira, town and ...
in the
Department of Lima
The Department of Lima (), known as the Department of the Capital () until 1823, is a department and region located in the central coast of Peru; the seat of the regional government is Huacho.
Lima Province, which contains the city of Lima, ...
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Etymology
The word ''paramonga'' comes from the
Mochica
The Moche civilization (; alternatively, the Moche culture or the Early, Pre- or Proto-Chimú) flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru from about 100 to 800 AD during the Regional Development Epoch. ...
language spoken by the people that lived in the north coast, among them the
Chimus, who settled in the Fortaleza Valley. Its meaning is the following:
* ''para'' (vassals)
* ''monga'' (here)
The translation would be "vassals from around here".
If the thesis of Torero were accepted, supporting that the
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
language arose here, "paramonga" would come from ''para'' = rain and ''munqa'' = verbal ending of occurrence, i.e., "it's going to rain", according to scholar
César Guardia Mayorga
César Guardia Mayorga (Ayacucho, Peru, 1906 -Lima, 1983) was a Peruvian writer, philosopher and university professor. He has contributed to Quechua literature with poetry and linguistic studies. He has also written history and philosophy books.
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References
External links
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Municipalidad Distrital de Paramonga
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Populated places in the Department of Lima