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Titicaca

[ tit-i-kah-kuh; Spanish tee-tee-kah-kah ]

noun

  1. Lake Titicaca, a lake on the boundary between southern Peru and western Bolivia, in the Andes: the largest lake in the region; the highest large lake in the world. 3,200 square miles (8,290 square kilometers); 12,508 feet (3,812 meters) above sea level.


Titicaca

/ titiˈkaka /

noun

  1. Lake Titicaca
    a lake between S Peru and W Bolivia, in the Andes: the highest large lake in the world; drained by the Desaguadero River flowing into Lake Poopó. Area: 8135 sq km (3141 sq miles). Altitude: 3809 m (12 497 ft). Depth: 370 m (1214 ft)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Titicaca1

First recorded in 1750–55; from Spanish (Lago) Titicaca, from Quechua Titiqaqa (Qucha)
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Example Sentences

Like those of Titicaca they belong to species found nowhere else.

He then returned into Lake Titicaca, into the waters of which he disappeared.

That early race had as the center of their civilization the shores of Lake Titicaca.

Cocapac, undaunted by this failure, accompanied his grandchildren, and repeated his performance on the shores of Lake Titicaca.

Some attention is given to the rearing of llamas, and a few cattle, sheep and mules are to be seen south of Lake Titicaca.

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