Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

Talcahuano

[tahl-kah-wah-naw]
noun
  1. a seaport in central Chile.
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for talcahuano

Historical Examples

  • It was the 20th of October, and the tenth day since they had left Talcahuano.

    In Search of the Castaways

    Jules Verne

  • It was twenty-two days since they left the Bay of Talcahuano, and they had gone 450 miles.

  • Well, I expect to see you in Talcahuano in the spring, and I'll put you in mind of this.

    There She Blows!

    William Hussey Macy

  • The destruction must have been more complete even than at Talcahuano.

  • General Ordoñez, commanding the Spanish forces there, was defeated and fell back to Talcahuano.

British Dictionary definitions for talcahuano

Talcahuano

noun
  1. a port in S central Chile, near Concepción on an inlet of the Pacific: oil refinery. Pop: 251 000 (2005 est)
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012