Qillwaqucha (
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
**So ...
''qillwa, qiwlla, qiwiña''
gull
Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns and skimmers and only distantly related to auks, and even more distantly to waders. Until the 21st century ...
, ''qucha'' lake,
[Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)] "gull lake", hispanicized spelling ''Quelluacocha'') is a lake in
Peru
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, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
located in the
Cajamarca Region,
Cajamarca Province,
Namora District. It is situated at a height of about .
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Cajamarca Province 1 (Cajamarca Region)] The village at its eastern shore is also named Qillwaqucha ''(Quelluacocha)''.[
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References
Lakes of Cajamarca Region
Lakes of Peru
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