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Tiahuanaco
[ tee-uh-wuh-nah-koh ]
adjective
- of or relating to a pre-Incan culture existing c300 b.c.–a.d. c900, chiefly in Peru and Bolivia, characterized by the use of megalithic masonry carved with geometric and animal designs, stone statues, polychrome pottery, and bronze artifacts.
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- Tia·hua·nacan noun
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Example Sentences
In Tiahuanaco, where the creation, or rather manufacture of men took place, the creator turned many sinners into stones.
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Whether there was ever a city at Tiahuanaco there is nothing to shew.
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Tiahuanaco may, at some distant period, have enjoyed the privilege of being a seaport.
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Many of the stone monuments at Tiahuanaco have been removed, some for building, some for other purposes.
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The place is Tiahuanaco, or Tihuamacu, as the Indians of the neighbourhood call it.
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