Qusqu

== English == === Proper noun === Qusqu Alternative spelling of Cuzco (“city in Peru”). == Quechua == === Alternative forms === Qosqo === Etymology === Probably shortened from the phrase qusqu wanka (literally “rock of the falcon”). Borrowed from Aymara qusqu (“Falconidae sp.”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈqʊs.qʊ/ (Ayacucho) IPA(key): [ˈχʊs.χʊ] (Cuzco-Collao) IPA(key): [ˈqos.qɔ] === Proper noun === Qusqu Cuzco ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Spanish: Cuzco, Cusco === References === Cerrón-Palomino, Rodolfo (2008), “Cuzco: la piedra donde se posó la lechuza. Historia de un nombre”, in Voces del Ande: ensayos sobre onomástica andina (Estudios Andinos; 3), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), →DOI, →ISBN, pages 259-290 Cerrón-Palomino, Rodolfo (2021), “Los nombres primigenios del Cuzco”, in Revista Histórica‎[1], volume 49, number 2016, Instituto Histórico del Perú, pages 113-132