altiplano

See also: Altiplano

English

Etymology

From American Spanish altiplano.

Noun

altiplano (plural altiplanos)

1. a high plateau

Derived terms

• Nevadaplano

 

Further reading

• altiplano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.t͡ʃiˈplɐ̃.nu/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈplɐ̃.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.t͡ʃiˈplɐ̃.nu/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈplɐ̃.nu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.t͡ʃiˈplɐ.no/ [aʊ̯.t͡ʃiˈplɐ.no]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.tiˈplɐ.nu/ [aɫ.tiˈplɐ.nu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.tiˈplɐ.nu/ [aɫ.tiˈplɐ.nu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.tiˈpla.nu/ [aɫ.tiˈpla.nu]

• Hyphenation: al‧ti‧pla‧no

Noun

altiplano m (plural altiplanos)

1. (geography) plateau (level expanse of land at a high elevation)

   Synonyms: planalto, platô

Spanish

Etymology

From alto +‎ plano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /altiˈplano/ [al̪.t̪iˈpla.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: al‧ti‧pla‧no

Noun

altiplano m (plural altiplanos)

1. (geography) a high plateau

   Synonym: altiplanicie

   La Mancha es un altiplano.

   La Mancha is a high plateau.

Derived terms

• altiplánico
• Altiplano Armenio
• chinchilla del altiplano

 

See also

• meseta

 

Further reading

• “altiplano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28