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Titicaca
[ tit-i-kah-kuh; Spanish tee-tee-kah-kah ]
noun
- 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
- Lake Titicacaa 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)
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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.
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He then returned into Lake Titicaca, into the waters of which he disappeared.
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That early race had as the center of their civilization the shores of Lake Titicaca.
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Cocapac, undaunted by this failure, accompanied his grandchildren, and repeated his performance on the shores of Lake Titicaca.
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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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