chile

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In the late 80s I flew from Santiago, Chile to Antofagasta on a quite nice LAN Chile 737.

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Quick take

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

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noun

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

noun

Pronunciation spelling of child, representing Southern US and African-American Vernacular English. [(broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).]

noun

(US, regional) Alternative spelling of chili. [(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chile.

noun

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

See also: chilly, chilli, chili-pepper, chili

noun

See also: chilly, chilli, chili-pepper, chili

noun

(US, regional) Alternative spelling of chili. [(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.]

See also: chilly, chilli, chili-pepper, chili

Example sentences

In the late 80s I flew from Santiago, Chile to Antofagasta on a quite nice LAN Chile 737.

Look at Venezuela vs Chile for an example of two very similar countries with wildly differing property rights.

The Andes in Peru, Bolivia and Chile are very suitable for this kind of hiking.

South America has good overall Internet penetration[1] and Chile is going to 70% right now.

You could create the laws for a one-chile policy very very simply.

Full disclosure: I was at Startup Chile at the same time as the Regalli team.

The Chile and Haïti earthquakes of 2010 showed that there is enormous scope for doing so; how can we do better?

They asked me to join on an equal share basis and asked me to lead the dev team in Chile and relocate from Germany for that.

And this is all happening in the same day as the America Cup (Copa America) Final between Chile and Argentina, so people are numb to most of this news.

Some astronomers I once met were at cerro tololo inter-american observatory in chile when some heavily armed men turned up to look after the nearby radio towers.

I have seen similar things in Chile as well.

The product in the article sounds like it would work pretty well in Perú, Bolivia and Brazil, and maybe the most remote parts of Chile and Argentina.

Quote examples

Funny: "Matasano" in Chile is a slang term for doctors, and not a particularly nice one.

Capitalistic economies in the region do much better, so who do you want me to compare to who is "fair?" Brazil, Argentia, Chile?

I was not a beneficiary of the incubator and after a month in Chile, we had to found a company and that company was to be owned by only two of the four founders, with "that guy" putting himself at 50%.

Proper noun examples

The goal of this position is to maximize the scientific productivity of our observatories in Arizona and Chile.

And from there, the nearest continental point is in Chile.

Only in tourist areas of Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and other bordering countries you can change your pesos into something else but definitely not at the official exchange rate.