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
Example Sentences
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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
In the minds of my happy companions at the vai puna, modesty had no more to do with clothing than, among us, it had to do with food.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
Some say "all the waters here have puna;" others that "where there is snow there is puna;" — and this no doubt is true.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles
Half a dozen of her comrades were lounging upon the sand when we reached the via puna.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
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