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Nahuel Huapi

proper noun

Nahuel Huapi Lake (a large lake in Río Negro and Neuquén provinces, Argentina); a national park around the area of the lake, created in 1934.

Borrowed from Mapudungun nahuel huapi (literally “island of the jaguar”), a reference to Isla Victoria, the largest island of the lake.

Nahuel Huapi — Spanish Dictionary | Passage