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AREQUIPA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Arequipa" 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)