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词汇 puna
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Definition of puna in English:

puna

noun ˈpuːnəˈpo͞onə
  • 1A high treeless plateau in the Peruvian Andes.

    (秘鲁安第斯山脉的)光秃高原

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The empty expanses of the puna, as the grasslands are called in the Andes, correspond to the silence in which we walked.
    • Our route takes us along the Tambo Mayo River - still white with ice by late morning, where even the waterfalls are frozen, and on to the windswept puna.
    • Up again to a cold puna crossed by another frozen river and dotted with many llamas.
    • He published seminal papers on the ecology of the puna avifauna and on the breeding biology of several of its endemic species.
  • 2

    another term for altitude sickness

Origin

Via American Spanish from Quechua.

Rhymes

crooner, harpooner, lacuna, lacunar, lampooner, Luna, lunar, mizuna, Oona, oppugner, Poona, pruner, schooner, spooner, Tristan da Cunha, tuna, tuner, Una, vicuña, yokozuna

Definition of puna in US English:

puna

nounˈpo͞onə
  • 1A high treeless plateau in the Peruvian Andes.

    (秘鲁安第斯山脉的)光秃高原

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The empty expanses of the puna, as the grasslands are called in the Andes, correspond to the silence in which we walked.
    • Up again to a cold puna crossed by another frozen river and dotted with many llamas.
    • He published seminal papers on the ecology of the puna avifauna and on the breeding biology of several of its endemic species.
    • Our route takes us along the Tambo Mayo River - still white with ice by late morning, where even the waterfalls are frozen, and on to the windswept puna.
  • 2

    another term for altitude sickness

Origin

Via American Spanish from Quechua.

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