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AREQUIPA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Arequipa mean?
• AREQUIPA (noun)
The noun AREQUIPA has 1 sense:
1. a city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city
Familiarity information: AREQUIPA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Arequipa" is a part of...):
Peru; Republic of Peru (a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries)
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