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Talcahuano

American  
[tahl-kah-wah-naw] / ˌtɑl kɑˈwɑ nɔ /

noun

  1. a seaport in central Chile.


Talcahuano British  
/ talkaˈwano /

noun

  1. a port in S central Chile, near Concepción on an inlet of the Pacific: oil refinery. Pop: 251 000 (2005 est)

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Playing against the Saints would mark another milestone in the 25-year-old’s journey that has taken him from Talcahuano to the football field with plenty of twists in between.

From Fox News • Oct. 6, 2021

After losing his job in Chile's 8.8-magnitude earthquake in February which destroyed his workplace in Talcahuano, near the epicentre, Zamora began work hundreds of miles north, at the San Jose Mine.

From The Guardian • Aug. 30, 2010

Some people in Talcahuano say the crime is simply the result of a failure on the behalf of the authorities and the growing desperation of people in need of food, water and fuel.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2010

Throughout Talcahuano, stick-wielding residents barricaded streets with tires and rubble to protect their homes in the absence of law enforcement.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2010

The lighthouses we refer to are at Punta Arenas, Punta Galesa, near Valdivia, and that which marks the port of Concepcion, at Talcahuano.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray

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