Etymology

Chajnantor

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Today it means: A plateau in northern Chile, Llano de Chajnantor, the site of a milimeter/submilimeter telescope array. Full definition →

kuz tchacknatur
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The story

  1. kuz · derived fromtchacknatur“place of departure” or “place of lift-off”
  2. English todayChajnantor

From Kunza tchacknatur (“place of departure” or “place of lift-off”), a place of platforms for worshipping the Sun.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.