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English
Etymology
From Nahuatl. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. via Spanish? or the genus name (in which case a doublet of mazame)?
Noun
mazama (plural mazamas)
- (dated) The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)
References
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Mazama, from Nahuatl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /madˈd͡za.ma/
- Rhymes: -ama
- Hyphenation: ma‧zà‧ma
Noun
mazama m (invariable)
- mazama
Further reading
- mazama in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana