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Tumbes

American  
[toom-bes] / ˈtum bɛs /

noun

  1. a seaport in NW Peru.


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Peruvian authorities said the old walls of an Army barracks collapsed in Tumbes.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2023

Peruvian authorities also reported that four homes were destroyed and the old walls of an Army barracks collapsed in Tumbes.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2023

Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otárola said a 4-year-old girl died from head trauma she suffered in the collapse of her home in the Tumbes region, on the border with Ecuador.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2023

The government has declared a state of emergency as it seeks to bring relief to regions of Peru hard hit by the cyclone known as Yaku, which include Lambayeque, Piura and Tumbes.

From Reuters • Mar. 12, 2023

While to the leeward of Tumbes, Peralta told them a legend of a priest having once landed there251 in the face of 10,000 Indians, who stared at his uplifted cross.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter