puna

/poo-nah/US // ˈpu nɑ //UK // Spanish (ˈpuna) //

浦那,浦江,浦纳,浦那岛

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- : Pathology. altitude sickness.

There is a road leading from Puna to Pannwell, a distance of seventy miles, and travellers can post all the way.
I have already described the effect of the Puna climate on beasts of burthen.
A remarkable effect of the Puna wind is its power of speedily drying animal bodies, and thereby preventing putridity.
The Puna de Atacama is a great salt waste of rugged tableland, volcanic, grassless, and inhospitable.
This was the hut of Guapo's friend, and similar to all others that may be encountered in the wild region of the Puna.