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Santiago

[san-tee-ah-goh, sahn-tyah-gaw]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Chile, in the central part.

  2. Also called Santiago de Compostelaa city in NW Spain: pilgrimage center; cathedral.

  3. a city in SW Panama.



Santiago

/ ˌsæntɪˈɑːɡəʊ, sanˈtjaɣo /

noun

  1. Official name: Santiago de Chilethe capital of Chile, at the foot of the Andes: commercial and industrial centre; two universities. Pop: 5 623 000 (2005 est)

  2. Official name: Santiago de los Caballerosa city in the N Dominican Republic. Pop: 479 000 (2005 est)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Santiago

  1. Capital of Chile and the largest city in the country, located in central Chile; commercial and political center of Chile and one of the largest cities in South America.

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Meanwhile Argentina have opted to keep Ojomoh's Bath team-mate Santiago Carreras among the replacements, after the playmaker was deployed to impressive effect from the bench in last weekend's win over Scotland.

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For Díaz, it was when he heard the album with the first batch of songs, released about four months after the show’s debut, playing in multiple record stores around Santiago.

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Earlier this year, special investigators in Chile — where some theft rings have originated — targeted a gang in eastern Santiago believed to be behind residential burglaries and occasional home invasions.

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“No one in downtown Santiago is safe…there are gangs of immigrants everywhere,” she said.

Santiago Carreras was like a man possessed, popping up in every attack, finding gaps in a tiring Scottish defence and inspiring his team to move through the gears.

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