Talca

American  

[tahl-kah] / ˈtɑl kɑ /

noun

1. a city in central Chile.

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Talca British  

/ ˈtalka /

noun

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

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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.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2020

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

From Fox News • Dec. 7, 2018

Pressure from Wal-Mart has forced the family-run egg supplier Fuenzalida Moure y Cia Ltda., whose main brand is Huevos de Talca, to cut costs and improve quality.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2016

"The number of disappeared is very difficult to determine," said Patricio Bustos, a government forensics specialist in Talca, a city in central Chile that was hit hard by the quake.

From Reuters • Mar. 6, 2010

The road is intended to unite Santiago 309with the very productive district of Talca, a distance of 180 miles, and is destined to exercise a most beneficial influence in improving the position of the peasantry.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von