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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Tacna-Arica

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

From Time Magazine Archive

With the aid of U. S. diplomats the 46-year-old Tacna-Arica boundary dispute with Chile has been settled.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Chilean Senate's vote was interpreted as a polite rebuff to Secretary Kellogg, who has been attempting to mediate as to Tacna-Arica between the Chilean and Peruvian Ambassadors at Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

In South America we are proud to have had part in the settlement of the long-standing dispute between Chile and Peru in the disposal of the question of Tacna-Arica.

From State of the Union Address by Hoover, Herbert