English
Nahuel Huapi Lake
Nahuel Huapi Lake comes from Mapudungun nahuel huapi.
- Mapudungunmodernnahuel huapiliterally ‘island of the jaguar’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentNahuel Huapi
- EnglishtodayNahuel Huapi Lake
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mapudungunmodernnahuel huapiliterally ‘island of the jaguar’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentNahuel Huapi
- EnglishtodayNahuel Huapi Lake
Every English word from Mapudungun nahuel huapi
Today it means
name A lake in Nahuel Huapi National Park, Los Lagos department, Neuquén province and Bariloche department, Río Negro province, Argentina.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mapudungun nahuel huapi / Nahuel Huapi Lake