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Desolate region in the Andes
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puna
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Puna \Pu"na\, n. [Sp., of Peruv. origin.] A cold arid table-land, as in the Andes of Peru.
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In the Polynesian mythology of the Tuamotu archipelago in the South Pacific, Puna is the king of Hiti-marama or of Vavau , depending on the story. In one story, Vahieroa weds Matamata-taua, also called Tahiti To‘erau . On the night of their son Rata's birth, ...
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alt. An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population. n. An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native ...
Usage examples of puna.
He looked at Puna, seated by her mother, her eyes on the distant hills.
He had not realized that Puna was a grown up girls now, tall, slim and beautiful.
At the summit Puna and Abi shouted in unison, how beautiful the place was.
Next morning when Puna was serving him his morning cup of herbal porridge, he looked up at her.
He had told Puna several times, to be careful, to keep her distance from the men, not to argue with them, not to go out alone from the village.
It had been agreed that Sumana would assist Puna in her work, but Puna knew that it was an arrangement for her safety more than the contribution that Sumana could make in her work.
From that moment Puna decided to be more alert about what was happening around her.
Reta told the engineer, as he sat down with Puna to go through the progress of the project.
Sumana were also worried and Puna thought that they were not happy about Puna holding back about her illness from them.
Her friends attributed the aloofness which they noticed in Puna to her ill health, and left earlier than they had planned, saying that Puna should take more rest and recover her health.
They knew how delicately their eco-system was balanced, though they would not have been able to express it in words, to explain it to Puna or any other city person.
She explained to Puna the value of the small insects they found in the rice fields.
She had a fleeting impression of Puna and the others thrown into the water amid the sharks, who were also whipped around helplessly.
When his sonar picked up large swimming objects, he thought he had found his reluctant allies, but the approaching creatures turned out to be the sharks bearing Puna and her family.
That first murder, strangling the beautiful Puna who had seen through him and denounced him to his face, that was the crime that had set his subsequent decline in motion.