Glossary

Glossary

Boundary An imaginary line that

separates one place from another.

[veal prepared in the Eastern Plains style]: See definition

of “mamona”.

Carne a la Llanera:

Starch found in the roots (tubers) of the plant. Cassava

is usually eaten in typical dishes from Colombian

regions.

Cassava

Popular not alcoholic beverage prepared with rice, cow milk, condensed milk, evaporated milk, water, cinnamon, sugar, vanilla essence, almond essence and salt, which comes from Eastern Plains of Colombia and Venezuela.

Chicha de arroz (rice drink)

Working made properly with hands.

Craft

Cultivated or harvested plants which grown as

food.

Crop

ConucoPorción de tierra

dedicada al cultivo. See definition of “crop” .

Department

In Colombia, administrative

subdivision of the sovereign state.

A low hill at the base of a mountain or mountain

range.

Foothill

Foothill of Andes Mountain Range

It is a music

genre and a

traditional dancing in Venezuela

and Colombia

Joropo

Sacrificed calf to be eaten generally roasted.  Roasted veal.

Mamona

[veal prepared in the Eastern Plains style]:

See definition of “mamona.”

Ternera a la Llanera

Tulevieja or

Tulivieja

Legendary character from Costa Rica and Panama who is described as a female ghost that wears a tule hat (hat shaped like a banana) whose breasts are puffy and erect, squirting milk. This ghost usually turns into a wandering monster.   

The “sapoara” is a fish that abounds in the Orinoco and

Caroni rivers,. It is famous in Ciudad Bolivar and generally

in all areas of the Orinoco River.

Sapoara

* © Cambridge University Press (2015). Cambridge Dictionary Online. * Traductor de Google. translate.google.es/ * tuBabel. Sapoara, pez del Río Orínoco. En: http://blog.tubabel.com/definicion/77190-sapuara * Real Academia Española. (2001). Diccionario de la lengua española (22.aed.). Madrid, España: Autor.

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