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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "SEH" (as in "set") + "nyoh" (as in "onion")/

Meaning

Someone from La Paz, Bolivia's capital city, or anything related to La Paz culture and identity. Paceños are known for their resilience, living and breathing at over 3,600 meters above sea level, they've built a city, a culture, and a personality that the altitude shaped.

Examples

People from La Paz are used to the cold of the Andes.

I'm a La Paz person at heart even though I was born in Cochabamba.

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Regional synonyms

A ballpoint pen, the standard word in Spain for the writing instrument that goes by a dozen names across the Spanish-speaking world. Mexico calls it pluma, Peru calls it lapicero, Argentina calls it birome. Same object, endlessly different names.