Tacna-Arica

American  

[tak-nuh-uh-ree-kuh, tahk-nah-ah-ree-kah] / ˈtæk nə əˈri kə, ˈtɑk nɑ ɑˈri kɑ /

noun

1. a maritime region in W South America: long in dispute between Chile and Peru; annexed by Chile 1883; divided as a result of arbitration 1929 into a Peruvian department Tacna and a Chilean department Arica.

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Tacna-Arica British  

/ ˈtaknaaˈrika /

noun

1. a coastal desert region of W South America, long disputed by Chile and Peru: divided in 1929 into the Peruvian department of Tacna and the Chilean department of Arica

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Example Sentences

I don't even know where it is�where is Tacna-Arica?

From Time Magazine Archive

The Bolivians had come to him after requesting permission from Chile to travel through what used to be Bolivia's corridor to the sea, the long-disputed Tacna-Arica district at the juncture of Bolivia, Chile & Peru.

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After a stormy session the Tacna-Arica Plebiscitary Commission adopted a motion presented by its chairman, General John J. Pershing, in which April 15, 1926, is definitely established as the date for holding the long-delayed plebiscite to determine whether Chile or Peru shall have Tacna-Arica.

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The motion opens with a preamble scoring Chile, of which Tacna-Arica is now a province for obstructing the efforts of the Commission to prepare for a free and unbiased plebiscite.

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Acclaimed last week was President Hoover's settlement of the Tacna-Arica boundary dispute�South America's 46-year-old sideache.

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