Concepción

[ kawn-sep-syawn; English kuhn-sep-see-ohn, -sep-shuhn ]

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.

Concepción

/ konθepˈθjon /

noun

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

Example Sentences

We had seen the people flee before us, and they were no more nor other kind of people than had showed in Concepcion or Fernandina.

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So we left Concepcion, the cross upon the rock showing a long way through the pure air.

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The most remarkable effect was the permanent elevation of the land round the Bay of Concepcion by several feet.

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The houses are of one storey, and the town of La Concepcion contains ten thousand inhabitants.

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He cast anchor there at sunset, and named the island Santa Maria de la Concepcion.

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