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Calama

American  
[kah-lah-mah] / kɑˈlɑ mɑ /

noun

  1. a city in N Chile.


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While devastating earthquakes are often linked to these massive megathrust events, the Calama earthquake stood apart from that familiar pattern.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

A train loaded with copper cathodes travels along a rail line inside the Chuquicamata copper mine, which is owned by Chile's state-run copper producer Codelco, near Calama city, Chile, April 1, 2011.

From Reuters • Aug. 4, 2022

Judge Calama also cited Spain’s Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, to answer questions on July 5.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022

Those changes are not immediately evident during my two-hour flight from Santiago to Calama, the region’s northernmost major outpost.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2015

He adds, the priest of Calama heard the voices of those who spoke aloud near him, but as if from a distance.

From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry