Paria (Peru)

{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}

{{about||the mountain in the Ayacucho Region, Peru|Parya (Ayacucho){{!}}Parya (Ayacucho)|the language|Parya language}}

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Paria (possibly from Quechua for reddish, copper or sparrow,) is a {{convert|5190|m|ft|adj=mid|-high|0}} mountain in the northern part of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Pacllón District, and in the Huánuco Region, Lauricocha Province, Queropalca District. Paria lies northwest of Mitococha and south of Gasha.

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{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.gob.pe/nomenclatorDigital/carta.php?id=27283|title=Cerro Paria|author=|date=|website=|publisher=IGN, Peru|accessdate=March 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042039/http://www.ign.gob.pe/nomenclatorDigital/carta.php?id=27283|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}} (unnamed)

César W. Astuhuamán Gonzáles, Pariacaca: un oráculo imperial andino: "Respecto al significado del nombre de la deidad, los términos Paria (rojiza) y caca (montaña), aluden a una montaña rojiza, ... ."

Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Sufijos arcaicos quechuas en la toponimia andina, Etimologias, Lexis XXVI. 2 (2002): 559-577

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Category:Five-thousanders of the Andes

Category:Mountains of the Department of Ancash

Category:Mountains of the Department of Huánuco

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