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单词 chulpa
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chulpa

or chull·pa

[ chool-puh ]
/ ˈtʃul pə /

noun Archaeology.

a type of prehistoric stone tower, found in Brazil and Peru, having living quarters over a burial chamber.

Origin of chulpa

<American Spanish <Aymara chullpa

Words nearby chulpa

chukker, Chukotian, Chula Vista, chuleta, chulo, chulpa, Chulym, chum, chuman, Chumash, chummy
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Example sentences from the Web for chulpa

  • Another variety (the chulpa) was really a stone tower erected above ground, twelve to thirty feet high.

    The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West|Robert E. Anderson
  • The great mass of a chulpa is solid, but within is a dome-shaped chamber, into which the opening seen in the cut leads.

    The Prehistoric World|E. A. Allen
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