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Cuncunani
Cuncunani (possibly from Aymara ''kunkuna'' a plant ''(Distichia muscoides)'',Jorge Araya-Presa, Francisco A. Squeo, Lina Barrientos, Eliana Belmonte, Manuel Mamani, Gina Arancio, Manual de Plantas y Canciones en Aymara, PROYECTO EXPLORA-CONICYT ED7/02/085: Etnobotánica y Etnomusicología Aymara: Divulgación de la sabiduría ancestral sobre plantas nativas del Altiplano de Arica, Chile, 2003 ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with ''kunkuna''") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District Corani (from Aymara Qurani, meaning "the one with herbs") is one of ten districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru. Geography The southern section of the Willkanuta mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the distri .... Cuncunani lies in the east of the large glaciated area of Quelccaya (Quechua for "snow plain") and southeast of Cunorana. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilcanota Mountain Range
The Cordillera Vilcanota (Spanish ''cordillera'': "mountain range", Aymara Willkan Uta or Willkanuta: "house of the sun") is a mountain range located in Peru southeast of Cusco, on the boundary between the regions of Cusco and Puno. It extends between 13°39' and 14°29'S and 70°31' and 71°20'W for about 80 km. It includes 469 glaciers. To the east the rivers San Gabán and Azángaro are the natural boundary which separates it from the Carabaya range. The La Raya range near the La Raya pass is sometimes included or listed separately. Toponyms Most of the names in the range originate from Quechua and Aymara. They used to be spelled according to a mainly Spanish-based orthography which is incompatible with the normalized spellings of these languages and Law 29735 which regulates the 'use, preservation, development, recovery, promotion and diffusion of the originary languages of Peru'. According to Article 20 of ''Decreto Supremo No 004-2016-MC'' (Supreme Decree) which a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |