Amazonas

Borrowed from Portuguese Amazonas and Spanish Amazonas, related to English Amazon.


Florida

New York City, Philadelphia, traditional Eastern New England (except for Boston), Ireland

From Spanish florida (“flowery”), often referring to a place's abundance of flowers.
The state's name specifically is a shortening of la Florida (“the flowery one”) or Pascua Florida (“flowery Easter”). It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US.
The village in Orange County, New York was named in the 1760s from Latin flōrida (“flowery”).

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Several places in South and Central America:

A district of the Amazonas region, Peru.


Huancayo

A city and province, the capital of the Junín region, Peru.


Bristol

Latin bristoliensis

From Middle English Brigstow, from Old English Bryċġstōw (literally “the place by the bridge”), from bryċġ + -stōw, with additional final /l/ due to hypercorrection from l-vocalizing accents. See bridge and stow for more.
The tiddlywinks sense is associated with players from Bristol University.

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A locality in the Loreto department, Peru.


Lima

Borrowed from Spanish Lima, in turn, borrowed from Classical Quechua Limaq (“the one who speaks”), cognate with modern Quechua rimaq, from the name of a sanctuary identified as the Huaca de Santa Ana. The variation of /r/ > /l/ is product of the former "coastal" variety of Quechua spoken around modern-day Lima. The drop of final /q/ could be attributed either to another characteristic of Coastal Quechua or to Spanish adaptation. Ultimately, a derviation from rimay (“to speak”).


Santiago

/sæntiˈɑːɡəʊ/

Chinese Filipino
Guan Yu
James, brother of Jesus
Jose Rizal
Santiago
Santiago (disambiguation)

From Spanish Santiago, ellision of earlier Sant'Iago and Sant Iago, from Latin Sanctus Iācōbus (“Saint James or holy James”), the latter word deriving from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Piecewise doublet of Saint James.
The Guan Yu sense among Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines is due to a syncretic association of the deified Chinese general with St. James, who are both known for their assertiveness and heroism, which non-Chinese and people in the Philippines like Jose Rizal during the 19th century first associated with and/or surmised the Chinese folk deities venerated by Chinese Filipinos on Chinese altars and prints with popular Christian or Muslim figures.


Santa Cruz

From Spanish and Portuguese Santa Cruz (“Holy Cross”), various places named in honor of the True Cross upon which Jesus was crucified. Doublet of Holy Cross and Saint Croix.

Cordillera Blanca
Cordillera Blanca#English

A mountain in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru.

A district of Alto Amazonas province, Peru.

A district of Huaylas province, Ancash department, Peru.

A former settlement in Satipo province, Peru.

A province of the Cajamarca department, Peru.


Titicaca

A lake in the South American Andes, in both Peru and Bolivia, noted for being the highest lake in the world.


San Marcos

From Spanish San Marcos (“Saint Mark”), various places usually named in honor of Mark the Evangelist.

A town, the capital of the province of San Marcos, Cajamarca department, Peru.


Machu Picchu

/ˌmɑːtʃuː ˈpiːtʃuː/

From Quechua machu (“old, ancient”) + pikchu (“mountain, peak”).

An ancient Incan city and archaeological site in Peru.


San Pablo

A town, the capital of the province of San Pablo, Cajamarca Region, Peru.

A province of the Cajamarca Region, Peru.

A former leper colony in the Loreto Region, Peru.

A district of Bellavista Province, San Martín Region, Peru.

A district of Canchis Province, Cusco Region, Peru.

Mariscal Ramón Castilla
Mariscal Ramón Castilla#English

A district of Mariscal Ramón Castilla Province, Loreto Region, Peru.

A district of San Pablo Province, Cajamarca Region, Peru.


Puna

Altiplano, a region that covers part of Bolivia, Peru, and the northern end of Argentina and Chile.


Cuzco

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Cuzco (countable and uncountable, plural Cuzcos)

Borrowed from Spanish Cuzco, from Quechua Qusqu.

A city in Peru, the former capital of the Inca Empire.


Jaén

The Spanish city name likely derives from Arabic جَيَّان (jayyān), from Latin Villa Gaiena.


Iquitos

A city in Peru, in the northeast of the country


Puno

A city in Peru, in the southwest of the country by Lake Titicaca


Arequipa

A city and district in Arequipa province, Peru, in the south of the country

A province in Arequipa department, Peru.

A department and region in southern Peru.


Chiclayo

A city in northwestern Peru in Lambayeque


Callao

Most locations in the United States, South America, Spain, are named after Spanish Callao in Peru.

A placename
Several locations in South America
The largest port city of Peru.


San Mateo

Borrowed from Spanish San Mateo (literally “Saint Matthew”).

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Huarochirí Province
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San Benito

A village and district of Contumazá Province, Peru.


Ucayali

A river in Peru, a major source of the Amazon


Junín

A city, district, province, and region in Peru.


Madre de Dios

The Department of Madre de Dios, a department and region in south-east Peru.

The Madre de Dios River, a river in Bolivia and Peru, a tributary of the Madeira River.


Huancavelica

A city in Peru, capital of the department of the same name


Chincha

From Spanish Chincha, from Quechua chinchay (“ocelot”).

Chincha Alta
Chincha Province
Chincha people


Caravelí

A town and province in Arequipa department, Peru.


Paracas

From Spanish Paracas, from Quechua Paraaco.

The capital city of Paracas district, Pisco, Ica, Peru

Ellipsis of Paracas District.; A district of Pisco, Ica, Peru

Paracas District
Paracas District#English

Ellipsis of Paracas Bay.; A bay of Pisco Province, Ica Region, Peru, on the Pacific Ocean

Paracas Bay

Ellipsis of Paracas Peninsula.; A peninsula in Pisco Province, Ica Region, Peru, in the Pacific Ocean

Paracas Peninsula
Paracas Peninsula#English


Ticlio

A mountain pass and railway station in the Andes in Peru; the elevation of the road here is 4,818 metres (15,807 ft.).


Mollendo

A coastal town and former port in the Arequipa region of Peru.


La Brea

From Spanish La Brea, from la (“the”)+brea (“tar, pitch”).
* (Los Angeles): Coined by Gaspar de Portolá in 1769 as Los Volcanes de Brea (The Tar Volcanoes), from the tar geyers found in the tar swamp that now exist as the La Brea Tar Pits park.
* (Trinidad): From the asphalt lake and tar seeps found on the island of Trinidad by Spanish conquistadors.


La Oroya

A city, the capital of Yauli province, Junín department, Peru.


Tambopata

A province and district therein, in Madre de Dios department, Peru.

A river in Bolivia and Peru, a tributary of the Madre de Dios River.


Las Piedras

A river in Peru, a tributary of the Madre de Dios River.


Tarapoto

A large town in San Martín, San Martín, Peru


Anku

Quechua [Term?] (“tendon, nerve, slim, elastic, flexible”)

An archaeological site in the Tantamayo District, Huamalíes Province, Department of Huánuco, Peru, declared a National Cultural Heritage site on the 18th of June 2002.

Ango

archaeological site in Tantamayo, Huamalíes, Huánuco, Peru