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Cauquenes

American  
[kou-ke-nes] / kaʊˈkɛ nɛs /

noun

  1. a city in central Chile.


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Mr. Budge left us at Pelequen, the next station to San Fernando, having put us in charge of the conductor, who promised to see after us at Cauquenes, but who wofully betrayed his trust.

From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie

Its greatest tributary is the Cachapoal, in the valley of which, among the Andean foothills, are the popular thermal mineral baths of Cauquenes, 2306 ft. above sea-level.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

Cauquenes Baths, boulders near. —pebbles in porphyry near. —volcanic formation near. —stratification near.

From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles

There is a bottle clumsily but I think securely corked containing water and gas from the hot baths of Cauquenes seated at foot of Andes and long celebrated for medicinal properties.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

The mineral springs of Cauquenes burst forth on a line of dislocation, crossing a mass of stratified rock, the whole of which betrays the action of heat.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles