Chorrillos
Americannoun
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a city in W central Peru.
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a district in W central Peru.
Example Sentences
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"This measure is a way to make vacationers aware of the pollution they are generating on the beaches," the mayor of Lima's Chorrillos district, Richard Cortez, told reporters.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
A general view of Lima from Pescadores beach in the Chorrillos district of Lima, October 27, 2015.
From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2022
There was an enforced intimacy about life in the Chorrillos prison.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2011
The boy spent his first year of life with Berenson in the women’s prison in Chorrillos, Lima.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2011
The Peruvian troops were now marshaled at Chorrillos to repel the further advance of the Chilean army that had landed at Pisco.
From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul
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