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yunga

Spanish, noun/ˈʝunɡa/

yunga is spelled Y-U-N-G-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 133,746th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yunga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “yunga” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ecorregión global, que se localiza desde el norte del Perú, atraviesa Bolivia y llega hasta el norte de la…”.

What does yunga mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineyunga

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Ecorregión global, que se localiza desde el norte del Perú, atraviesa Bolivia y llega hasta el norte de la Argentina, y se caracteriza por ser una región biogeográfica longitudinal selvática, de montaña, nubosa, lluviosa y tropical.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of yunga

  • yungas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce yunga?

  • /ˈʝunɡa/
  • [ˈɟ͡ʝũŋ.ɡa]
  • [ˈʝũŋga]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is yunga in Spanish?

yunga appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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