yunga

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua yunka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝunɡa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝũŋ.ɡa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃunɡa/ [ˈʃũŋ.ɡa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒunɡa/ [ˈʒũŋ.ɡa]

Rhymes: -unɡa
Syllabification: yun‧ga

Noun

yunga f (plural yungas)

(Andes) an area of forest in the eastern Andes, located between the highlands and eastern forests

Further reading

“yunga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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