Cusco

/ ˈkusko /

noun

1. a variant of Cuzco

Example Sentences

Lhasa in Tibet and Cusco in Peru are among the rare examples.

From BBC

The festival is still celebrated throughout the Andes, and since 1944, a reconstruction of Inti Raymi has been staged in Cusco, Peru, less than two miles from its Inca Empire home.

From National Geographic

Peru's largest archaeological sites are located outside Lima in places such as Cusco, which was the capital of the Inca Empire and fell to Spanish conquistadores in the 16th century.

From Reuters

She recruited rotating brigades of students to create the study plots and spent her weekends shuttling people and supplies between Cusco and the field site, along a steep unpaved road plagued with rock falls.

From Science Magazine

These mushrooms, he explained, grow only during the rainy season around his hometown, Cusco, on the eastern side of the Andes, making them a valuable delicacy.

From New York Times