San Cristóbal
Americannoun
noun
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Former name: Chatham Island. an island in the Pacific, in the Galápagos Islands. Area: 505 sq km (195 sq miles)
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a city in SW Venezuela: founded in 1561 by Spanish conquistadores. Pop: 395 000 (2005 est)
Example Sentences
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Cardenas, who is from the Venezuelan city of San Cristobal, had returned home to celebrate Christmas and the New Year with her family.
From Barron's
Chloë Sevigny plays Edna, the host of a globe-trotting web series that seeks out human interest stories: Bolivian teenage exorcists, Mexican fashionistas in scimitar-shaped boots and now, a singer called Super Carlitos who dresses like a bunny and bops around a village called San Cristobal.
From Los Angeles Times
It turns out there’s plenty worth covering in San Cristobal.
From Los Angeles Times
The incident happened early on Sunday as Father Marcelo was returning to his parish after saying Mass in the Cuxtitali neighbourhood of San Cristóbal de Las Casas.
From BBC
Church officials transferred Father Marcelo to San Cristóbal de las Casas, the historic colonial city at the heart of the Indigenous highlands, after he received death threats at postings in rural parishes where he had previously been assigned.
From Los Angeles Times
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