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camanchaca

camanchaca noun: a type of mist found on the west coast of South America by the Atacama Desert, which does not drop rain.

Noun

camanchaca (plural camanchacas)

  1. A type of mist found on the west coast of South America by the Atacama Desert, which does not drop rain.

Forms of camanchaca

pluralcamanchacas

Origin of camanchaca

Borrowed from Spanish camanchaca, from Aymara kamanchaka (“darkness”).

Questions about camanchaca

What does camanchaca mean?
Camanchaca means a type of mist found on the west coast of South America by the Atacama Desert, which does not drop rain.
What part of speech is camanchaca?
Camanchaca is a noun.
What is the plural of camanchaca?
The plural of camanchaca is camanchacas.

Words near camanchaca in the dictionary

  1. Camambugan
  2. caman
  3. camanachd
  4. camanachds
  5. Camanang
  6. camanchaca
  7. camanchacas
  8. Camanche North Shore
  9. Camanche Village
  10. Camanga
  11. Camangaan

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