chullpa

noun

chull·​pa

variants or chulpa

ˈchülpə

plural -s

: a stone tower or tomb erected by the pre-Incan inhabitants of Peru and Bolivia

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish chulpa, from Aymara chullpa

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