Mulinuyuq ( Quechua ''mulinu'' mill or swirl (a borrowing from Spanish ''molino'' or ''remolino''), ''-yuq'' 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, adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can carry ...

to indicate ownership, "the one with a mill (or mills)" or "the one with a swirl (or swirls)", also spelled ''Molinoyoc'') is an archaeological site in the

Ayacucho Region Ayacucho () is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit in the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as ...

in Peru. It is located in the

Huanta Province Huanta Province is the northernmost of the eleven provinces in the Ayacucho region in Peru. The capital of the Huanta province is the city of Huanta. History In the colonial era, Huanta province was larger than it is currently, with traditional ...

.Gobierno Regional de Ayacucho, Plan de Desarrollo Turístico de la Región Ayacucho 2004 – 2014, Aprobado mediante Ordenanza de Consejo Regional N° 03 - 04 - GRA/PRES

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Archaeological sites in Peru Archaeological sites in Ayacucho Region {{SouthAm-archaeology-stub