Potosí

[paw-taw-see]

noun

1. a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3,970 meters) above sea level.

Potosí

/ potoˈsi /

noun

1. a city in S Bolivia, at an altitude of 4066 m (13 340 ft): one of the highest cities in the world; developed with the discovery of local silver in 1545; tin mining; university (1571). Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

In an address last month in the northeastern state of San Luis Potosí, Sheinbaum called on U.S. residents of Mexican ancestry — both immigrants and those born in the United States — to send letters, emails and social media messages to Congress urging lawmakers to vote against the remittance tax.

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Born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, López based much of the story on her own experience as an undocumented young woman.

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But then the Spaniards saw how it “motivated” their native workforce at the silver mines in Potosí, which was paid in coca.

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The buses collided on the route between Uyuni and Colchani in Bolivia's Potosí department after a "lane invasion", local media reported.

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In January, 19 people were killed when another bus came off a road in the same region, also near Potosí.

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