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Meaning of huayco

huayco: It is a word of Quechua origin that means avalanche, landslide from a slope saturated with water, in the form of mud. Guaico and huaico are also used. It is also a way of calling a gully or a large crack in the ground caused by heavy and sporadic rains.; huayco is incorrectly written, and should be written as "huaico" being its meaning:; Word used to refer to a point lower between two hills in the North...Hence arises the word huayco ondo; Huaico: Are landslides of water, mud and stones that occur when there is heavy rainfall.