Concepción

American  

[kawn-sep-syawn, kuhn-sep-see-ohn, -sep-shuhn] / ˌkɔn sɛpˈsjɔn, kənˌsɛp siˈoʊn, -ˈsɛp ʃən /

noun

1. a city in central Chile, near the mouth of the Bío-Bío River.

2. a city in central Paraguay, on the Paraguay River.

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Concepción British  

/ konθepˈθjon /

noun

1. an industrial city in S central Chile. Pop: 378 000 (2005 est)

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Concepción

“The related fees can be quite substantial,” said Christine Alexis Concepción, international tax attorney and Partner at Concepción Global.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Researchers from the University of Concepción in Chile, working with colleagues at the University of Maryland, uncovered a previously unknown signaling pathway in the hypothalamus, the brain region that controls hunger and fullness.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026

The most dangerous fire has swept through dry forests bordering the coastal city of Concepción.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026

Now, Alex and his 8-year-old brother run next to walls where the government has painted over the gang graffiti, so María Concepción Ventura sees benefits to the crackdown.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

Then follows a historical account of the early Recollect missions in the islands, down to the year 1624, compiled from the works of Andrés San Nicolas, Luis de Jesús, and Juan de la Concepción.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 21 of 55 1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander