Jairani

Jairani

Jairani

Mountain in Peru

"K'ayrani" redirects here. For the mountain in the Sandia Province, Puno Region, Peru, see K'ayrani (Sandia).

Jairani (possibly from Aymara k'ayra frog,[2] -ni a suffix, "the one with a frog (or frogs)") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000-metre (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Corani District. Jairani lies northeast of the glaciated area of Quelccaya (Quechua for "snow plain").[1]

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  1. [1]
    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Quispicanchi Province 2 (Puno Region)
  2. [2]
    Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)


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