Magallanes

British

/ maɣaˈʎanes /

noun

the former name of Punta Arenas

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In a post on X, Chilean President Gabriel Boric said: "We call for evacuation of the coastline throughout the Magallanes region."

From BBC • May 2, 2025

The warning was issued for the remote Magallanes region on the country's southern tip and parts of the Chilean Antarctic Territory.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Trash accumulates in Watts for several reasons, said George Magallanes, newly elected Councilmember Tim McOsker’s deputy district director for Watts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2023

Robert N. Shelton, presidente de la Organización del Telescopio Gigante de Magallanes, dijo que confía en que llegará su día.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

He passed the strait of Magallanes and one of the ships returned to Santiago de Cuba.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 1569-1576 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

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