Queroni (possibly from
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 ...
''q'iru'' wood, ''qiru'' a cup or glass,
''-ni'' a
suffix
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to indicate ownership, "the one with wood" or "the one with a cup") is mountain in the
Carabaya mountain range in the
Andes
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of
Peru
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. It is located in the
Puno Region
Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusc ...
,
Carabaya Province, on the border of the districts of
Ajoyani,
Ituata and
Macusani.
[escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Carabaya Province (Puno Region)]
Queroni is also the name of a place at Chullucocha, the lake southwest of the mountain.[
]
References
Mountains of the Department of Puno
Five-thousanders of the Andes
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