| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| altiplano |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·ti·pla·no |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  äl t -plä n |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. al·ti·pla·nos
A high plateau, as in the Andean regions of Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina. | | ETYMOLOGY: | American Spanish : Latin altus, high; see al-2 in Appendix I + Latin pl num, plain; see plane1.
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