Meanings
vicuna1
plural vicunas · alternative vicuña · alternative vicugna
- A South American mammal, Lama vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco.
Synonyms: Lama vicugna, Vicugna vicugna
Vicuna2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA South American mammal, Lama vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsmall wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
vicuna · noun
- Quechuawik'uña
- Spanishvicuña
- Englishvicuna
Borrowed from Spanish vicuña, itself borrowed from Quechua wik'uña.
More words from Spanish, Quechua
Full word history & related roots →Vicuna · proper noun
- SpanishVicuña
- EnglishVicuna
Borrowed from Spanish Vicuña, itself of Basque origin.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vikoenja
- vikoenjavicuna
Bulgarian вику́ня
- вику́ня (vikúnja)vicuna
Catalan vicunya
- vicunyavicuna
Chinese Mandarin 小羊駝 /小羊驼
- 小羊駝 /小羊驼 (xiǎoyángtuó)vicuna
Dutch vicuña
- vicuñavicuna
Estonian vikunja
- vikunjavicuna
Finnish vikunja
- vikunjavicuna
French vigogne
- vigognevicuna
German Vikunja
- Vikunjavicuna
Hungarian vikunya
- vikunyavicuna
Italian vigogna
- vigognavicuna
Japanese ビクーニャ
- ビクーニャ (bikūnya)vicuna
Korean 비쿠냐
- 비쿠냐 (bikunya)vicuna
Polish wigoń, wikunia
- wigońvicuna
- wikuniavicuna
Portuguese vicunha
- vicunhavicuna
Russian вику́нья
- вику́нья (vikúnʹja)vicuna
Spanish vicuña
- vicuñavicuna
Thai บิกุญญา
- บิกุญญา (bi-kun-yaa)vicuna
Ukrainian віго́нь
- віго́нь (vihónʹ)vicuna
Cite this entry
vicuna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vicuna
“vicuna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vicuna. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vicuna,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vicuna.
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