Iquique

[ ee-kee-ke ]

noun

1. a seaport in N Chile.

Iquique

/ iˈkike /

noun

1. a port in N Chile: oil refineries. Pop: 243 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

At Iquique the people beheld the inrushing wave while it was still a great way off.

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From the port of Iquique, in Peru, a visit was made across the desert to the nitrate of soda mines.

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The most important deposits are found in the vicinity of the town of Iquique, which is the chief nitrate port of South America.

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They stretch to a distance of thirty or forty miles inland, from Pisagua southwards to somewhat beyond the town of Iquique.

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The fall of San Francisco followed, and Iquique, which was evacuated by the allies without a struggle, was occupied.

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