camanchaca
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish camanchaca, from Aymara kamanchaka (“darkness”).
Noun
camanchaca (plural camanchacas)
- A type of mist found on the west coast of South America by the Atacama Desert, which does not drop rain.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Aymara kamanchaka (“darkness”).
Further reading
- “camanchaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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