Arequipa
:For the cactus genus, see Oreocereus.
Name
It is often said that the city's name comes from the Quechua phrase "Ari, quepay" which means "Yes, stay".
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Nowadays one assumes that the name is from Aymara "ari" (peak) + "kipa" (locative) and means something like "near the mountain".
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