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Chillán

[chee-yahn]

noun

  1. a city in central Chile: earthquakes 1835, 1939.



Chillán

/ tʃiˈʎan /

noun

  1. a city in central Chile. Pop: 149 000 (2005 est)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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He said he plans to travel to his family’s central Chilean town of Chillán.

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"It's like your life is over," said Juan Pradenas, a mechanic whose home in Chillan was destroyed by the fire.

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"It is terrible," added Rosa Torres, who lives near Chillan.

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Ms. Riffo, a cashier at a sushi restaurant in the city of Chillán, had heard nothing about the faulty pills.

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Chilean Customs officials were alerted to something fishy in late 2016, when they received a letter from Fruticola Olmue, one of the country’s top fruit-packing plants, located in Chillan, 250 miles south of the capital.

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