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Callao

American  
[kah-you] / kɑˈyaʊ /

noun

  1. a seaport in W Peru, near Lima.


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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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

These partnerships are forcing out informal miners in places like El Callao, in the country's south, businessmen, government officials and miners said.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2022

“There’s no wrong way to make causa,” says Carlos Delgado, a chef who grew up just west of Lima in Callao and recently named his D.C restaurant after the dish.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2022

From these prisoners they learned that their men taken at Arica had been271 kindly treated at Callao.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter