site of ruins of an ancient Incan city in SC Peru
Machu Picchu
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Machu Picchu
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.
Machu Picchu
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Origin
From Quechua machu (“old, ancient") + pikchu (“mountain, peak")
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