Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

La Serena

American  
[lah se-re-nah] / lɑ sɛˈrɛ nɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in central Chile.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Its aim is not to blackout La Serena or Santiago, some of Chile’s major cities, but to use specific lighting to reduce negative effects.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2024

“If you pick some oil, you’ll find thousands of seeds, thousands of bulbs,” said Gina Arancio, a botanist with the local Universidad de La Serena.

From Reuters ● Oct. 22, 2021

There was the carefully arranged Airbnb in La Serena that my host canceled with no explanation, just days before my arrival to watch the solar eclipse.

From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2020

He returned to Chile and became bishop in La Serena until he left in 1997 under unclear circumstances, He then took on administrative jobs in Rome and at the Latin American bishops’ conference in Colombia.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2018

Its capital is called Coquimbo, or La Serena, founded in 1544 by Valdivia at the mouth of the river Coquimbo in lat.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training