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Calama

[ kah-lah-mah ]
/ kɑˈlɑ mɑ /

noun

a city in N Chile.

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Words nearby Calama

Caladryl, Calah, Calais, Calakmul, calalu, Calama, calamanco, calamander, calamari, calamary, calamata olive
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Example sentences from the Web for Calama

  • In the adjoining diocese of Calama 65 they were incomparably more numerous.

    Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing|George Barton Cutten

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

    The Phantom World|Augustin Calmet

  • Eucharius, a Spanish priest, residing at Calama, was for a long time a sufferer from stone.

    The City of God, Volume II|Aurelius Augustine