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puna

American  
[poo-nah] / ˈpu nɑ /

noun

  1. a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.

  2. Pathology. altitude sickness.

puna British  
/ ˈpuna /

noun

  1. a high cold dry plateau, esp in the Andes

  2. another name for mountain sickness

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Etymology

Origin of puna

First recorded in 1605–15; from South American Spanish, from Quechua púna

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