Sankayuni (
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 ...
''sankayu'' the edible fruit of the thorny ''Jachakana'' shrub,
''-ni'' a
suffix
In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns and adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can ca ...
to indicate ownership, "the one with the ''sankayu'' fruit", also spelled ''Sancayuni'') is a mountain in the
Cordillera Real in the
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
of
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 ...
, about high. It is situated in the
La Paz Department,
Murillo Province
Pedro Domingo Murillo is a province in the Bolivian La Paz Department. It was created on January 8, 1838, with the name Cercado and on October 17, 1912, during the presidency of Eliodoro Villazón, its name was changed in honor of Pedro Domingo ...
,
La Paz Municipality.
[ Sankayuni lies southeast of Janq'u K'ark'a, west of Ullumani and Chankuni and northeast of Kunturiri.
]
References
Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia)
Four-thousanders of the Andes
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