Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
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''llama''
llama
The llama (; ) (''Lama glama'') is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a List of meat animals, meat and pack animal by Inca empire, Andean cultures since the Pre-Columbian era.
Llamas are social animals and live with othe ...
, ''-yuq'' a suffix, "the one with a llama (or llamas)", also spelled ''Llamayoq'') is an archaeological site with
tomb
A tomb ( grc-gre, τύμβος ''tumbos'') is a :wikt:repository, repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be ...
s and rock paintings in
Peru
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. It is situated 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 ...
,
Calca Province Calca may refer to:
*Calca Peninsula, a peninsula in South Australia
* Calca Province, one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region of Peru
* Calca District, one of the eight districts in the Calca Province
* Calca, Peru, capital of the Calca Dist ...
,
Calca District
Calca District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru
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. The site lies at a height of about on the slope of
Llamayuq Q'asa
Llamayojcasa (possibly from Quechua ''llama'' llama, ''-yuq'' a suffix, ''Llamayuq'' an archaeological site, ''q'asa'' mountain pass, "Llamayuq pass" or "mountain pass with llamas"), also known as Qochaqollur (possibly from Quechua for "lake sta ...
, also known as Qucha Quyllur (Quechua for "lake star"), in a valley called Wakan Wayq'u ''(Waqhanhuayq’o)''.