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Chuquisaca

British  
/ tʃukiˈsaka /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1839) of Sucre 1

"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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Among his first memories of church in the 1970s in Villa Serrano, a town in the Bolivian region of Chuquisaca, Cuellar remembers singing a specific version of the Our Father.

From Seattle Times Apr. 26, 2024

At the time of her death, she was relatively unknown; however, today the Azurduy province in the Chuquisaca Department is named for her.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

He issued orders from Chuquisaca to have the Venezuelan soldiers sent back to their country from Perú.

From Simon Bolivar, the Liberator by Sherwell, Guillermo A.

On this the Spaniards, seeing that their star was again in the ascendant, resumed possession of Chuquisaca and Potosi.

From South America by Koebel, W. H. (William Henry)

It went northward from Cusco to a point beyond Quito, in the province of Guaca, and southward from Cusco to Chuquisaca, not far from the mines of Potosi.

From The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure by Breckenridge, Gerald

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