Chimbote

American  

[chim-boh-tee, cheem-baw-te] / tʃɪmˈboʊ ti, tʃimˈbɔ tɛ /

noun

1. a city in northwestern Peru, on the western coast at the mouth of the Santa River.

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Chimbote British  

/ tʃimˈbote /

noun

1. a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

The Chinese government responded by creating in Chimbote, Peru, a Communist Party chapter specifically for fishing-boat workers abroad.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

In August 2019, the vessel entered the Peruvian port of Chimbote to leave a crew member with a kidney infection that required emergency care.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2023

Its biggest port, Chimbote, lands more fish than the entire Spanish fleet catches in a year.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2012

One symbolic act of his visit was a simple inspection of his mission's half-finished Church of the Virgin of the Door in Peru's boomtown, anchovy-fishing city of Chimbote.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chimbote was the next place in Peru at which the steamer anchored.

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul