English Explanatory Dictionary

pukara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A defensive hilltop site or fortification built by the prehispanic inhabitants (primarily Inca and Aymara) of the central Andean area.

Word forms

pukara pukaras

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua pukara (“fortress”).

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