Callao
Americannoun
noun
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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
Former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori attends a trial as a witness at the navy base in Callao, Peru March 15, 2018.
From Reuters • Mar. 17, 2022
There are two stations, however, Callao and Keeling Islands, where the rectification is not so clear, or the true result so obvious.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert
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