puna
Americannoun
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a high cold dry plateau, esp in the Andes
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another name for mountain sickness
Etymology
Origin of puna
First recorded in 1605–15; from South American Spanish, from Quechua púna
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Step 1: Deep wells or puna are cleaned of dirt and debris so the sea water that enters them through underground channels is clean and conducive to salt making.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
On the puna, the more-than-two-mile-high sierra, the saffron moss took a little spring rain and greened.
From Time Magazine Archive
The puna, which lies between 11,000 and 12,500 ft., includes the great central plateau of Bolivia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
The short breathing from the rarefied atmosphere is called by the Chilenos "puna;" and they have most ridiculous notions concerning its origin.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
The symptoms of overwork are not wholly unlike those of the puna, and many young travellers who have felt the first, have ascribed them to the second.
From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Sir Francis Galton
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