Etymology

Bolivian Yungas

Today it means: a tropical moist forest ecoregion in central Bolivia. Full definition →

Spanish yungas ← Aymara yunka ← Quechua yunka
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  1. Quechua · derived fromyunka
  2. Aymara · derived fromyunka
  3. Spanish · derived fromyungas“tropical valleys”
  4. English todayBolivian Yungas

From Bolivian + Yungas, Yungas from Spanish yungas (“tropical valleys”), plural of yunga, either from Aymara yunka or Quechua yunka.

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