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pachamanca

pachamanca noun: an underground pit lined with hot stones and used for traditional Peruvian cooking.

Noun

pachamanca (plural pachamancas)

  1. An underground pit lined with hot stones and used for traditional Peruvian cooking.
  2. A gathering in which food is cooked in a pachamanca.
  3. A traditional Peruvian dish of meat and vegetables characteristically baked with the aid of hot stones.

Forms of pachamanca

pluralpachamancas

Origin of pachamanca

From Spanish pachamanca, from Aymara pacha (“earth”) + manq'a (“food”).

Questions about pachamanca

What does pachamanca mean?
Pachamanca means an underground pit lined with hot stones and used for traditional Peruvian cooking.
What part of speech is pachamanca?
Pachamanca is a noun.
What is the plural of pachamanca?
The plural of pachamanca is pachamancas.

Words near pachamanca in the dictionary

  1. pachadi
  2. pachak
  3. pachalic
  4. pachalics
  5. Pachamama
  6. pachamanca
  7. pachamancas
  8. pachanga
  9. pachangas
  10. pachas
  11. pachastrelloside

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