Iquique

American

[ee-kee-ke] / iˈki kɛ /

noun

a seaport in N Chile.

Iquique British

/ iˈkike /

noun

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

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It's 4am in late November in the Chilean beach city of Iquique.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024

Some of the migrants walk further after crossing the border and make it to the city of Iquique.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2021

"Iquique is a small city and it is overflowing."

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2021

This has inspired ugly protests on the right: In late September, 3,000 people in Iquique, a northern port city, gathered to protest the camps of undocumented Venezuelans.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2021

They had a grievance, but no garments, and the former they came to lay before His Excellency, the Governor of Iquique.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

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