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- Quechua · borrowed frompukara“fortress”
- English todaypukara
Borrowed from Quechua pukara (“fortress”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pukara
Today it means: A defensive hilltop site or fortification built by the prehispanic inhabitants (primarily Inca and Aymara) of the central Andean area. Full definition →
Quechua pukara