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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A mountain, 6,439 m (21,125 ft) high, in the Andes of western Bolivia southeast of La Paz.
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- noun a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high)
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Examples
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Aymara Indians from the Bolivian Andes submitted one case relating to a melting glacier called Illimani to a symbolic jury comprised of European and Latin American environmentalists, lawyers, and human rights activists.
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For a more technical route, experts can brave the Illimani, which is Bolivia's highest peak.
News and Views from Cheapflights.com Andrea Mooney 2010
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They call these particular mountains the "Illimani," or three peaks, because one mountain here has three tips.
Dayle Haddon: My Trip to Bolivia Dayle Haddon 2010
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They call these particular mountains the "Illimani," or three peaks, because one mountain here has three tips.
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Recently, the Aymara submitted a legal case concerning Illimani to a symbolic jury in Cochabamba.
Nikolas Kozloff: Cochabamba Climate Conference: The Coca Contradiction 2010
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When Sylvia and I first visited La Paz in 1973, we were astonished, when after several cloudy days, we awoke to a clear morning and our first view of majestic snow-clad Illimani looming over the city.
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As a country Bolivia certainly has the moral authority to speak about climate change: local Aymara Indians say that global warming has already caused the melting of their cherished glacier, Illimani.
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Mt. Illimani (well over 20,000 feet high) looms over the city of La Paz.
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Recently, the Aymara submitted a legal case concerning Illimani to a symbolic jury in Cochabamba.
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As a country Bolivia certainly has the moral authority to speak about climate change: local Aymara Indians say that global warming has already caused the melting of their cherished glacier, Illimani.
Nikolas Kozloff: Cochabamba Climate Conference: The Coca Contradiction 2010
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