English Explanatory Dictionary

Paracas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename
  2. The capital city of Paracas district, Pisco, Ica, Peru.
  3. A district of Pisco, Ica, Peru; in full, Paracas District.
  4. A bay of Pisco Province, Ica Region, Peru, on the Pacific Ocean; in full, Paracas Bay.
  5. A peninsula in Pisco Province, Ica Region, Peru in the Pacific Ocean; in full, Paracas Peninsula.
  6. Ellipsis of Paracas culture or Paracas civilization, a 1st-millennium BCE pre-Nazca cultural civilization in Peru famous for geoglyphs on hillsides.

Word forms

Paracas

Etymology

From Spanish Paracas, from Quechua Paraaco.

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