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Calama

American  
[kah-lah-mah] / kɑˈlɑ mɑ /

noun

  1. a city in N Chile.


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In July 2024, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit near the city of Calama in northern Chile.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

Calama said he had sent a letter of request to Israel several times asking for NSO Group's CEO to testify as a witness in the case, but there had been no response.

From Reuters • Jul. 10, 2023

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

The station at Calama yields about 250 determinations of the solar constant each year, and the Mount Wilson station about half that number.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck