yunga
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʝunɡa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝũŋ.ɡa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃunɡa/ [ˈʃũŋ.ɡa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˈʒunɡa/ [ˈʒũŋ.ɡa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -unɡa
- Syllabification: yun‧ga
Noun
yunga f (plural yungas)
- (Andes Mountains) an area of forest in the eastern Andes, located between the highlands and eastern forests
Further reading
- “yunga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025