English Explanatory Dictionary

camanchaca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of mist found on the west coast of South America by the Atacama Desert, which does not drop rain.

Word forms

camanchaca camanchacas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish camanchaca, from Aymara kamanchaka (“darkness”).

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