Definition of Kukenaam

1. Noun. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.

Exact synonyms: Cuquenan, Cuquenan Falls, Kukenaam Falls
Group relationships: Republic Of Venezuela, Venezuela
Generic synonyms: Falls, Waterfall

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kukenaam

Kuhne
Kuhne's fibre
Kuhne's methylene blue
Kuhne's phenomenon
Kuhne's plate
Kuhne's spindle
Kuhnian
Kuhnt
Kuhnt's spaces
Kuhnt-Junius degeneration
Kuhnt-Junius disease
Kui
Kuiper belt
Kuiper belt object
Kuiper belt objects
Kukenaam (current term)
Kukenaam Falls
Kuki
Kuki-Chin
Kukis
Kuklux Klan
Kulaal
Kulanapan
Kulchitsky
Kulchitsky cells
Kulinkovich reaction
Kultur
Kulturträger
Kulun
Kulz

Literary usage of Kukenaam

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geology of the Goldfields of British Guiana by John Burchmore Harrison, Frank Fowler, Charles Wilgress Anderson (1908)
"They attain their greatest height at Mount Roraima and Mount Kukenaam, both of which rise ... This very remarkable mountain, together with Mount Kukenaam, ..."

2. Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of by Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana (1895)
"Kukenaam indeed is much more bold-looking, owing to its sudden rise from the savannah : while the height of Roraima is comparatively detracted from by the ..."

3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1884)
"Of this flank we could only get glimpses by returning toward Kukenaam, and from savannah hills obtaining a view up the dividing valley. ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... of conglomerates, red and white sandstone and red shale, rests upon the gneiss and forms the remarkable table-topped mountains Roraima, Kukenaam, &c. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Mt. Kukenaam is of similar structure and also rises above 8500 ft. Other conspicuous summits (about 7000 ft. ..."

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