tepui
Meanings
noun
- A type of table-top mountain or mesa found in the Guiana Highlands of South America, especially in Venezuela.
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Etymology
From Spanish tepuy, from Pemon tüpü (“rocky system, mountain, tepui”), though sometimes erroneously said to be from Pemon tapüi (“house”) in the sense of ‘house of the gods’. Perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Cariban *tôpu (“stone”), though the Pemon etymon is not a direct descendant.
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