Chorrillos

[ chuh-ree-ohs; Spanish chaw-ree-aws ]

/ tʃəˈri oʊs; Spanish tʃɔˈri ɔs /

a city in W central Peru.

a district in W central Peru.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

At Chorrillos, a few miles south of Lima, the militia waited behind a hastily constructed line of defence.
The South American Republics, Part II (of 2)|Thomas C. Dawson
These defences consisted of two distinct positions, Chorrillos and Miraflores, the latter being about 4000 yds.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2|Various