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Puruchuco

Puruchuco proper noun: an archaeological site in Lima, Peru.

Proper noun

Puruchuco

  1. An archaeological site in Lima, Peru.
    • Since the quipu could represent instructions sent to the ruler of Puruchuco from the provincial governor, or accounting records sent from Puruchuco to the governor, it would have been useful for the records to carry a tag identifying the place they referred to.2005 August 16, Nicholas Wade, “Those Ancient Incan Knots? Tax Accounting, Researchers Suggest”, in The New York Times

Origin of Puruchuco

From Quechua phuruchuku (“feather hat”), from phuru + chuku

Questions about Puruchuco

What does Puruchuco mean?
Puruchuco means an archaeological site in Lima, Peru.
What part of speech is Puruchuco?
Puruchuco is a proper noun.

Words near Puruchuco in the dictionary

  1. Purtles
  2. Purton
  3. Purton Stoke
  4. purty
  5. Puru
  6. Puruchuco
  7. Puruganan
  8. Puruhá
  9. purulence
  10. purulences
  11. purulencies

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