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Mollendo

American  
[maw-yen-daw] / mɔˈyɛn dɔ /

noun

  1. a seaport in S Peru.


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Abimael Guzmán was born on Peru's southern coast near the town of Mollendo in December 1934 to a wealthy merchant who raised him after Guzmán's mother died.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2021

Most of the goods pass through the Chilean port Antofagasto, or Mollendo, Peru.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)

I was familiar with that part of the country, knew I could secure a horse and go to Mollendo or Arequipa.

From Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew by McReynolds, Robert

The bulldog engines, which I was working, were speeding us at 17 knots an hour and we were headed for Mollendo.

From Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew by McReynolds, Robert

These figures, however, do not correctly represent the aggregates of Bolivian trade, as her imports and exports passing through Antofagasta, Arica and Mollendo are to a large extent credited to Chile and Peru.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various