vicuna

See also: Vicuna and vicuña

English

A vicuna strolling into the shade

Alternative forms

• vicuña, vicugna

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vicuña, itself borrowed from Quechua wik'uña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈkuːnjə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

vicuna (plural vicunas)

1. A South American mammal, Vicugna vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco.

Synonyms

• (Binomial name): Lama vicugna, Vicugna vicugna

Coordinate terms

• (Camelids) camelid; camel (dromedary, Bactrian camel), llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna/vicuña ^{(Category: en:Camelids)}

Translations

vicuna

• Afrikaans: vikoenja
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: vicuña (ast) f
• Belarusian: вікунья f (vikunʹja)
• Catalan: vicunya m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小羊駝／小羊驼 (xiǎoyángtuó)

• Dutch: vicuña (nl) m
• Estonian: vikunja
• Finnish: vikunja (fi)
• French: vigogne (fr) m
• Galician: vicuña (gl) f
• Georgian: ვიკუნია (viḳunia)
• German: Vikunja (de) n
• Hungarian: vikunya (hu)
• Interlingua: vicunia
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} viciúna m
• Italian: vigogna (it) f
• Japanese: ビクーニャ (bikūnya)
• Kazakh: викунья (vikunä)
• Macedonian: ви́куња f (víkunja), ви́коња f (víkonja)
• Polish: wigoń (pl) m, wikunia (pl) f
• Portuguese: vicunha (pt) f
• Quechua: wik'uña
• Russian: вику́нья (ru) f (vikúnʹja)
• Spanish: vicuña (es) f
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

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