Chiquita

[chi-kee-tuh, chee-kee-tah]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “small.”

Example Sentences

After spending July gorging on the larvae of alkali flies, the birds are gradually departing this month to begin their migration to another saline lake about 6,000 miles away — Laguna Mar Chiquita in Argentina.

From Los Angeles Times

In September, flocks of phalaropes will arrive in Argentina’s plains and gather at Laguna Mar Chiquita, the largest saline lake in the hemisphere, where they will congregate alongside pink flamingos.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2022, Carle and conservationists from the nonprofit Mono Lake Committee traveled to Argentina to celebrate a new national park at Laguna Mar Chiquita and the dedication of a mural by Argentine artist Franco “Vato” Cervato Cozza depicting a phalarope with a map of its migratory route.

From Los Angeles Times

The latter runs a youth program called Experience Ambientalia that brings local students to learn about Laguna Mar Chiquita and highlights the international connections among sister lakes.

From Los Angeles Times

Chiquita Waters, who lived next door to Espinoza, said she waited for weeks for officials to search his property or his name to turn up on the medical examiner’s site.

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