Oruro

[ aw-roo-raw ]

noun

1. a city in W Bolivia: a former capital, over 12,000 feet (3,660 meters) high.

Oruro

/ oˈruro /

noun

1. a city in W Bolivia: a former silver-mining centre; university (1892); tin, copper, and tungsten. Pop: 206 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

The mineral resources are important, but are less developed than those of Potosi and Oruro.

From Project Gutenberg

Oruro and Uyuni in the desert are mining towns with the mixed population that gathers in such places.

From Project Gutenberg

He described Oruro as a more agreeable place of residence than its rather dreary externals promised.

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