Callao

American  

[kah-yau] / kɑˈjaʊ /

noun

1. a seaport in W Peru, near Lima.

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Callao British  

/ kaˈʎao /

noun

1. a port in W Peru, near Lima, on Callao Bay : chief import centre of Peru. Pop: 813 264 (2005 est)

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The monument will be installed in a park in Callao, a nearby port city, after being coated with polyurethane foam and fiberglass, and finished with a marble dust.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

John, the councilman in El Callao, said that while he welcomed Western companies, he hoped newcomers would dedicate resources to badly needed infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Some sources say that it was Cajarma, her father’s native city, while her official page assures us that it was Callao, a province of Lima.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2022

These partnerships are forcing out informal miners in places like El Callao, in the country's south, businessmen, government officials and miners said.

From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2022

The trade of Callao is apparently on the increase, and, considering the productiveness of the country, would be even greater, were internal order restored, when peace and confidence would follow in its train.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Karl Ritter von Scherzer

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