Riobamba

American  

[ree-oh-bahm-buh, ree-aw-bahm-bah] / ˌri oʊˈbɑm bə, ˌri ɔˈβɑm bɑ /

noun

1. a city in central Ecuador in the Andes, near the Chimborazo volcano.

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Example Sentences

One of the main roads linking the cities of Riobamba and Cuenca had to be closed due to these latest landslides, further complicating access to the area.

From BBC

Nieves had been named “coadjutor bishop” for Riobamba last year and was due to be consecrated bishop in February, to take over when Parrilla retired at 75, the normal retirement age for bishops.

From Seattle Times

Parrilla, in his Feb. 19 letter, acknowledged there were some “shadows” and sins in the Riobamba church, but insisted that it was still able to “love and serve the poorest, the farmers and the indigenous.”

From Seattle Times

The resignation came weeks after a longtime Spanish missionary in Riobamba, Julia Serrano, publicly blasted the governance of the dioceses under Parrilla and questioned the “moral quality” of his presumed successor.

From Seattle Times

Ash plume spreads in Ecuador: Residents of the Ecuadoran city of Riobamba awoke to darkened skies as ash pluming out of the Sangay volcano in the Amazon region spread and coated several towns to the west.

From Washington Post