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Tocopilla

American  
[taw-kaw-pee-yah] / ˌtɔ kɔˈpi yɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in N Chile.


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The squirrel from Tocopilla really was a great player after all.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2014

Tocopilla, population 24,000, nicknamed Devil's Corner, has declined since industry departedbut the pollution has been slower to head out with it.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2014

"The Dance of Reality" is something of a psychological and emotional memoir, based on the filmmaker's boyhood in the small Chilean coastal town of Tocopilla, but building to something more fantastic and poetic.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2014

The ports of Iquique, Arica, Patache, and Tocopilla remained closed early on Thursday.

From Scientific American • Apr. 3, 2014

Arica 2,853 2,824 Parral 8,586 10,219 Pisagua 3,635 4,720 Constitución 6,400 6,453 Taltal 5,834 6,574 San Carlos 7,051 6,579 Tocopilla 3,383 4,752 Coronel 4,575 5,959 Vallenar 5,052 5,199 Lota 9,797 ...

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

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