camanchaca
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish camanchaca, from Aymara kamanchaka (“darkness”).
Noun
[edit]camanchaca (plural camanchacas)
- A type of mist found on the west coast of South America by the Atacama Desert, which does not drop rain.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Aymara kamanchaka (“darkness”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]camanchaca f (plural camanchacas)
Further reading
[edit]- “camanchaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aka
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- es:Weather