Huancayo

English

Proper noun

Huancayo

1. A city and province, the capital of the Junín region, Peru.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Wanka Quechua Wankayuq ("(place) with a (sacred) rock").

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /w̝anˈkaʝo/ [w̝ãŋˈka.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /w̝anˈkaʝo/ [w̝ãŋˈka.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /w̝anˈkaʃo/ [w̝ãŋˈka.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /w̝anˈkaʒo/ [w̝ãŋˈka.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: Huan‧ca‧yo

Proper noun

Huancayo ?

1. A province of Junín, Peru
2. Huancayo (a city in the central highlands of Peru)