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

Bolivians have cast eager eyes at Tacna-Arica, but have not entered into their neighbors' dispute.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a technical adviser to General Pershing on the Tacna-Arica commission and electoral adviser to the Nicaraguan Government.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1925 he was technical adviser to General Pershing on the Tacna-Arica Plebiscitary Commission.

From Time Magazine Archive

The final arbitration in 1929 of the Tacna-Arica dispute between Peru and Chile, in which Bolivia had hoped for a corridor, gave Bolivia nothing.

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 Herbert Hoover

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