Quña Quñani (

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 ...

''quña'' wool of a lamb, ''quña quña'' hair of the body, ''-ni'' 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 and adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can ca ...

to indicate ownership, also spelled ''Kuna Kunani, Kuña Kuñani'') is a mountain in the north of the Cordillera Real in the

Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...

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. It is located in the La Paz Department,

Larecaja Province Larecaja is a Provinces of Bolivia, province in the Bolivian La Paz Department, Bolivia, La Paz Department. It was founded by Antonio José de Sucre on October 18, 1826. Its capital is Sorata. Geography The Cordillera Real (Bolivia), Cordiller ...

Sorata Municipality Sorata Municipality (Aymara language, Aymara: ''Surat'a'') is the first Municipalities of Bolivia, municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department (Bolivia), La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Sorata. The Illampu - Janq ...

. Quña Quñani lies south of the

Janq'u Uma Ancohuma or Janq'u Uma ( Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''uma'' water, "white water", also spelled Janq'uma, other spellings, ''Jankho Uma'', ''Jankhouma'') is the third highest mountain in Bolivia (after Sajama and Illimani). It is located in the ...

Illampu Illampu is the fourth highest mountain in Bolivia. It is located in the northern section of the Cordillera Real (Bolivia), Cordillera Real, part of the Andes, east of Lake Titicaca. It lies just north of the slightly higher Janq'u Uma, near the t ...

massif between the lakes Laram Quta ("blue lake", ''Laram Kkota'') in the northwest and Warawarani ''(Huara Huarani)'' and Jisk'a Warawarani ''(Jiskha Huara Huarani)'' in the east and southeast. It is situated north and northwest of the mountains Salluyu ''(Salluyo)'' and Janq'u K'ark'a.Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Warizata 5846-II

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Mountains of La Paz Department (Bolivia) Five-thousanders of the Andes {{LarecajaProvince-geo-stub