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Definition of Kukenaam
1. Noun. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
Group relationships: Republic Of Venezuela, Venezuela
Generic synonyms: Falls, Waterfall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kukenaam
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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