Muru Muruni

Muru Muruni
Muru Muruni

Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,200 m (17,100 ft) [1]
Coordinates 14°01′59″S 70°09′58″W / 14.03306°S 70.16611°W / -14.03306; -70.16611Coordinates: 14°01′59″S 70°09′58″W / 14.03306°S 70.16611°W / -14.03306; -70.16611
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes, Kallawaya

Muru Muruni (Hispanicized spelling Muro Muruni) is a mountain in the Kallawaya mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,200 metres (17,060 ft) high. It is in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Coasa District. Muru Muruni lies southeast of the mountain Chullumpirini.

Its name derives from the Aymara muru truncated,[2] the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership.

References

  1. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)
  2. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)


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