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MACHU PICCHU
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I. (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)
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