Wanakuni (
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 ...
''wanaku, wanaqu''
guanaco
The guanaco ( ; ''Lama guanicoe'') is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the llama. Guanacos are one of two wild South American camelids; the other species is the vicuña, which lives at higher elevations.
Etymology
The gua ...
,
''-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 guanaco", Hispanicized spelling ''Huanacune'') is a mountain in the northern extensions of the
Apolobamba mountain range in
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 ...
, about high. It is situated 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 ...
,
Sandia Province,
Quiaca District
Quiaca District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia in Peru.
Geography
The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains of the districtare listed below:
* Ananea
* Chimpa Qiswarani
* K'ayrani
* ...
. Wanakuni lies northeast of
Rit'ipata
Ritipata (possibly from Quechua) is a mountain in the Apolobamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Puno Region, Putina Province, Ananea District, as well as in the Sandia Province, Quiaca District. Ritipata is situate ...
and
Chapi.
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References
Mountains of the Department of Puno
Four-thousanders of the Andes
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