Puna

See also: puna, puña, and puñá

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Puna f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – Synonym of Maihueniopsis.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Cactaceae – family; Opuntioideae – subfamily; Tephrocacteae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Puna clavarioides (now Maihueniopsis clavarioides) – type species

References

• Maihueniopsis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Maihueniopsis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Puna

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Puna, Hawaii

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːnə

Etymology 1

From Spanish puna, from Quechua puna.

Noun

Puna (plural Punas)

1. Alternative form of puna.

Proper noun

Puna

1. Altiplano, a region that covers part of Bolivia, Peru, and the northern end of Argentina and Chile.

Etymology 2

From Hawaiian puna.

Proper noun

Puna

1. A district in the east-southeast portion of the island of Hawaii in the state of Hawaii, United States.

Etymology 3

From Spanish Puná.

Proper noun

Puna

1. An island off the coast of southern Ecuador.

Etymology 4

From Urdu پونا (Pūnā).

Proper noun

Puna

1. A village in Punjab, Pakistan.

Etymology 5

See Pune.

Proper noun

Puna

1. Alternative spelling of Poona, former name of Pune: a major city and district of Maharashtra, India.

Anagrams

• napu

Portuguese

Proper noun

Puna f

1. alternative form of Pune