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Gallinazo

Gallinazo noun: a pre-Columbian, pre-Inca culture that flourished in the Virú Valley on the northwest coast of Peru around 200 BCE.

Noun

Gallinazo pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) A pre-Columbian, pre-Inca culture that flourished in the Virú Valley on the northwest coast of Peru around 200 BCE.
    • Sun-dried adobe bricks were used as the primary building material by the Gallinazo.2020, Bethany L. Turner, Haagen D. Klaus, Diet, Nutrition, and Foodways on the North Coast of Peru, page 55

Questions about Gallinazo

What does Gallinazo mean?
Gallinazo means a pre-Columbian, pre-Inca culture that flourished in the Virú Valley on the northwest coast of Peru around 200 BCE.
What part of speech is Gallinazo?
Gallinazo is a noun.

Words near Gallinazo in the dictionary

  1. gallinaceans
  2. gallinaceous
  3. gallinacin
  4. gallinacins
  5. Gallinas
  6. Gallinazo
  7. galline
  8. galling
  9. gallingale
  10. gallingales
  11. gallingly

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