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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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 ● Oct. 22, 2024
Some San Cristóbal residents have even quarreled with Spanish-language professors and authorities at the Canarian Language Academy who contend that this way of speaking equates to nothing more than a linguistic game.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 12, 2023
For Juan Hernández, a farmer from San Cristóbal Nezquipayac, cultivating and collecting the tiny insect eggs known as “ahuautle” — meaning water amaranth in Nahua — is a way of life.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
And as he was growing up in San Cristóbal, Jiménez said, his family didn’t have enough money to buy a home, so they always rented.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2021
He spent his days at the corner of Calle San Cristóbal in Old San Juan, peeling oranges with his pocket knife and scooping out a triangular hole through which tourists could suck the sweet juice.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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