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pukara

pukara noun: a defensive hilltop site or fortification built by the prehispanic inhabitants (primarily Inca and Aymara) of the central Andean area.

Noun (1)

pukara (plural pukaras)

  1. (historical) A defensive hilltop site or fortification built by the prehispanic inhabitants (primarily Inca and Aymara) of the central Andean area.
    • Some of the largest pukaras had substantial villages and hamlets around their base.2003, Charles Stanish, Ancient Titicaca: The Evolution of Complex Society in Southern Peru and Northern Bolivia, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 209

Noun (2) capitalized: Pukara

Pukara pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A culture that developed in Qullaw, along the north-western shore of Lake Titicaca.

Forms of pukara

pluralpukaras
alternative formPucara
alternative formPucará

Origin of pukara

Borrowed from Quechua pukara (“fortress”).

Questions about pukara

What does pukara mean?
Pukara means a defensive hilltop site or fortification built by the prehispanic inhabitants (primarily Inca and Aymara) of the central Andean area.
What part of speech is pukara?
Pukara is a noun.
What is the plural of pukara?
The plural of pukara is pukaras.

Words near pukara in the dictionary

  1. pukao
  2. pukaos
  3. Pukapuka
  4. Pukapukan
  5. Pukapukans
  6. pukara
  7. pukaras
  8. pukas
  9. pukatea
  10. pukateas
  11. pukateine

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