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
Isang balong malalim puna ng patalím, A deep well filled with steel blades.—The mouth.
From Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Robertson, James Alexander
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
When these duties did not occupy them, or when they were not together bathing in the river or at the via puna, they sat side by side on their paepaes in meditation.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
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