Xauxa

Catalan

Alternative forms

  • terra de Xauxa

Etymology

From earlier Spanish Xauxa (now Jauja), a city and province in central Peru, from Wanka Quechua Shawsha.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Xauxa f

  1. Cockaigne (legendary land of plenty)
    Synonym: país de Cucanya

Further reading

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