Chile
['tʃili]
Definition
(noun.) a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast.
Typed by Garrett--From WordNet
Examples
- For years the nations of Europe have been depending to a great extent upon supplies of nitrate of soda obtained from Chile, in South America. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If the United States should be forced into war with a foreign power it would be a simple matter for an enemy fleet to cut off our large importations of nitrate of soda from Chile. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In Chile his scientific acumen had been baffled in the attempt t o explain the invasion of the strange and dreadful disease hydrophobia. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- At the time the war broke out, in August, 1914, Germany was importing nearly one million tons of nitrate of soda per annum from Chile, South America. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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