alpaca

See also alpacca

English

An alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

Etymology

From Spanish, from Aymara allpaca.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ælˈpækæ/
• Rhymes: -ækæ

Noun

Wikipedia alpaca (plural alpaca or alpacas)

1. A sheeplike animal of the Andes. It is a South American member of the camel family, Camelidae (order Artiodactyla), of mammals; its Latin name is Lama pacos. It is closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña, which are referred to collectively as lamoids.

Translations

sheeplike animal of the Andes

Arabic: ألبكة (ar) (’albaka) f. Armenian: ալպակա (hy) (alpaka) Catalan: alpaca (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 羊駝 (zh), 羊驼 (zh) (yángtuó), 美洲駝 (zh), 美洲驼 (zh) (Měizhōu tuó), 無峰駝 (zh), 无峰驼 (zh) (wúfēngtuó) Croatian: alpaka (hr) f. Czech: alpaka (cs) f. Dutch: alpaca (nl) m. Finnish: alpakka (fi) French: alpaga (fr) m. German: Alpaka (de) n.

Interlingua: alpaca Italian: alpaca (it) m. Japanese: アルパカ (ja) (arupaka) Latin: Lama pacos Navajo: shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ tłʼízíʼilí Norwegian: alpaca (no) Portuguese: alpaca (pt) f. Romanian: alpaca (ro) f. Russian: альпака (ru) (al'páka) m. and f. Slovene: alpaka (sl) f. Spanish: alpaca (es) m. Swedish: alpacka (sv) c.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Aymara allpaca.

Pronunciation

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Noun

alpaca m. (plural alpaca's)

1. alpaca

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Aymara allpaca.

Noun

alpaca f. (plural alpacas)

1. alpaca

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Spanish

Noun

alpaca f. (plural alpacas)

1. alpaca