Allende

[ ah-yen-dey ]
/ ɑˈyɛn deɪ /

noun

Isabel,born 1942, Chilean novelist.

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Allende
/ (Spanish aˈʎende) /

noun

Isabel. born 1942, Chilean writer, born in Peru; her works include Eva Luna (1989), Paula (1995), and Daughter of Fortune (1999)
Salvador (salβaˈðor). 1908–73, Chilean Marxist politician; president of Chile from 1970 until 1973, when the army seized power and he was killed
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