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Magallanes

British  
/ maɣaˈʎanes /

noun

  1. the former name of Punta Arenas

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Along with Ms Bond, two German and two Mexican citizens died in the snowstorm, according to Jose Antonio Ruiz, the presidential delegate of the Magallanes region of southern Chile.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 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

Magallanes believes the problem is simpler: Union Pacific, he said, doesn’t “want to take responsibility.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2023

Francisco Magallanes, a 23-year special education assistant at Cudahy’s Elizabeth Learning Center, said there are “many tasks” for which special education assistants never get paid for or acknowledged.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

The Bahá’í message has been broadcast by radio as far south as Magallanes.

From Citadel of Faith by Shoghi Effendi

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