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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 ...
''kiswara'' ''
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'', ''-ni'' a
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to indicate ownership, ''kiswarani'' "the one with ''kiswara''",
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''q'asa'' mountain pass, "Kiswarani mountain pass" or "mountain pass with ''kiswara''", Hispanicized spelling ''Quisuaraniccasa'') is a mountain in the
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of
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. Its summit reaches about above sea level. The mountain is located in the
Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...
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Espinar Province Espinar Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region) ...
, Coporaque District. Kiswarani Q'asa lies on a long ridge which extents from west to east along the river Kirwamayu ''(Querhuamayo)'' south of it. Kiswarani ''(Quishuarani)'' is the name of a stream which flows from the ridge down to Kirwamayu. The peaks east of Kiswarani Q'asa are named Wamanwachana ''(Huamanhuachana)'' and Kirwa ''(Querhua)''.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Espinar Province (Cusco Region)


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