Rancagua

American  

[rahng-kah-gwah] / rɑŋˈkɑ gwɑ /

noun

1. a city in central Chile.

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Rancagua British  

/ raŋˈkaɡwa /

noun

1. a city in central Chile. Pop: 217 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Prosecutors also searched offices in Rancagua and Santiago, where they checked on the personal desk of Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati, the most powerful church leader in Chile.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2018

The brute force of the O-line was reminiscent of the cavalry charge in the Battle of Rancagua.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2018

On the road between Constitución and the capital, we stopped at the Ayelén School that Elemental finished just last year, on the edge of Rancagua.

From New York Times • May 23, 2016

At 10, Sánchez had been to Rancagua to one of the academies run by Santiago side Universidad Católica, but soon returned home.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2014

Accordingly, on the 9th of March 1723, the day previously fixed upon for the commencement of hostilities, fires were lighted up on the mountains of Copaipo, Coquimbo, Quillota, Rancagua, Maule, and Itata.

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 Kerr, Robert