Talca

[tahl-kah]

noun

1. a city in central Chile.

Talca

/ ˈtalka /

noun

1. a city in central Chile: scene of the declaration of Chilean independence (1818). Pop: 206 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

In Talca, Chile, locals have developed a newer New Year's Eve practice of visiting departed loved ones at a cemetery after midnight mass, where they listen to music and light candles in remembrance.

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The patient is a 33-year-old man in the city of Talca, south of Santiago.

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The institute is located in the diocese of Talca, which since 1996 had been headed by Bishop Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca.

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Near Talca, Chile, about 150 miles south of Santiago, Pablo Alvarez rolls out of bed around 5 every morning to respond to a growing number of WeChat messages, emails and voice mails from China-based pork buyers.

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“Those traits are useful but not enough,” says Gustavo Lobos, an ecophysiologist at the University of Talca in Chile.

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