Puna
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Puna has several meanings.
- Altiplano, or Puna, is a region that covers part of Bolivia, Peru, and the Northern end of Argentina and Chile.
- Puna (geography) is one of the eight Physiographic regions of Peru.
- Puna is a district in the E.S.E. portion of the Island of Hawaii.
- Puna is the king of Hiti-marama or of Vavau in the Tuamotu legend of Rata.
- Puna is a type of wind in the Andes.
- Puná Island is island off the coast of southern Ecuador.
- Battle of Puná was a battle fought between Spanish conquistadors and Puná natives.
- The cactus genus Puna, generally included inside the genus Maihueniopsis.
- Poona is an old name for the Indian city now known as Pune.
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