Machu-picchu meaning
An ancient Inca fortress city in the Andes northwest of Cuzco, Peru. Its extensive ruins and elaborate terraces became famous after an American explorer published a description of them in 1911.
Site of ruins of an ancient Incan city in SC Peru.
proper name
Origin of machu-picchu
- From Quechua machu (“old, ancient") + pikchu (“mountain, peak")
From Wiktionary