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Definition of Puna

Puna
Puna Pu"na, n. [Sp., of Peruv. origin.] A cold arid table-land, as in the Andes of Peru.

Meaning of Puna from wikipedia

- Look up puna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Puna may refer to: Puña, a town in the Department of Cajamarca of Peru Puna, Potosí, a village in Bolivia...
- The puna mouse (Punomys lemminus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Punomys lenninus was first described, along with the genus Punomys,...
- The Eastern puna mouse (Punomys kofordi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Punomys kofordi was described in 1995 by V. Pacheco and J. L...
- The puna gr****land ecoregion, part of the Andean montane gr****lands and shrublands biome, is found in the central Andes Mountains of South America. It...
- 155°00′34.88″W / 19.4937806°N 155.0096889°W / 19.4937806; -155.0096889 Puna is one of the 9 districts of Hawaii County on the Island of Hawaiʻi (Big...
- The Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) is a geothermal energy power plant on the island of Hawaii, the largest island in the state of Hawaii. The plant was...
- Henry Tuakeu Puna (born 29 July 1949) is a Cook Islands politician. He most recently served as the secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum from...
- The Puna teal (Spatula puna) is a species of dabbling duck in the family Anatidae. It was at one time regarded as a subspecies of the silver teal. The...
- the Polynesian narrative of the Tuamotus archipelago in the South Pacific, Puna is the king of Hiti-marama or of Vavaʻu, depending on the story. In one story...
- The Battle of Puná, a peripheral engagement of Francisco Pizarro's conquest of Peru, was fought in April 1531 on the island of Puná (in the Gulf of Guayaquil)...