Cerro de Pasco

American  

[ser-raw the pahs-kaw] / ˈsɛr rɔ ðɛ ˈpɑs kɔ /

noun

1. a town in central Peru: silver-mining district. 14,280 feet (4,353 meters) above sea level.

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Cerro de Pasco British  

/ ˈθɛrrɔ ðe ˈpasko /

noun

1. a town in central Peru, in the Andes: one of the highest towns in the world, 4400 m (14 436 ft) above sea level; mining centre. Pop: 70 000 (latest est)

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Example Sentences

For two years they had been in Oroya, Peru on the staff of New York's Cerro de Pasco Copper Corp.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its terminus, the ancient mining town of Cerro de Pasco, is 14,300 feet above the sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

All the way down town her mind wandered from Cerro de Pasco, and she kept smiling and looking up at the sky.

From Youth and the Bright Medusa by Cather, Willa Sibert

We found Cerro de Pasco, interesting as its situation is, far short of our expectations.

From Under the Andes by Stout, Rex

This last place is on the way to Cerro de Pasco, whither transports of money are frequently sent.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina