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chulpa

or chull·pa

[ chool-puh ]

noun

, Archaeology.
  1. a type of prehistoric stone tower, found in Brazil and Peru, having living quarters over a burial chamber.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chulpa1

First recorded in 1865–70; from Latin American Spanish, from Aymara chullpa

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