MACHU PICCHU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Machu Picchu mean? 

• MACHU PICCHU (noun)
  The noun MACHU PICCHU has 1 sense:

1. Inca fortress city in the Andes in Peru discovered in 1911; it may have been built in the 15th century

  Familiarity information: MACHU PICCHU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACHU PICCHU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inca fortress city in the Andes in Peru discovered in 1911; it may have been built in the 15th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

fort; fortress (a fortified defensive structure)

Holonyms ("Machu Picchu" 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)