Callao

American  

[kah-you] / kɑˈyaʊ /

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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Example Sentences

Miller signed on as Cochrane’s captain of marines, and together they sailed to blockade the Spanish fleet at the Peruvian harbor of Callao.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The album's release was preceded by a series of promotional appearances, including a mass gathering last month of fans who crowded Madrid's central Callao square after Rosalia invited them online to join her.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

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

"The plants are monsters and many run out of material because there are few millers and only a few tonnes are processed," said Vidal Garcia, owner of a mine in El Callao.

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 Scherzer, Karl Ritter von