Cochabamba

American

[kaw-chah-bahm-bah] / ˌkɔ tʃɑˈbɑm bɑ /

noun

a city in central Bolivia. 8,394 feet (2,558 meters) above sea level.

Cochabamba British

/ kotʃaˈβamba /

noun

a city in central Bolivia. Pop: 561 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

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The only blockades left are here in the Tropics of Cochabamba, which is highly disciplined.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

After his parents separated while he was an infant, he moved to Cochabamba in Bolivia with his great-grandparents.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025

Or consider the People's Agreement of Cochabamba — all of this has been in political discourse for quite some time.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2022

By January 2000, however, water delivery in Cochabamba had actually become worse.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Because the mounds are usually forested, Erickson and his Bolivian co-investigator, Patricia Alvarez of the Universidad Mayor de San Simon in Cochabamba, have been forced to measure them by chopping through trees and vines.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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