Definition of Chiloe

1. Noun. The largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled; located off south-central Chile.

Group relationships: Chile, Republic Of Chile
Generic synonyms: Island

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiloe

Chilean jasmine
Chilean monetary unit
Chilean nut
Chilean peso
Chilean rimu
Chilean salad
Chilean saltpeter
Chilean strawberry
Chilean tinamou
Chilean tinamous
Chileanism
Chileans
Chilian
Chilians
Chilipoda
Chiloe (current term)
Chilomastix
Chilomeniscus
Chilomeniscus cinctus
Chilomycterus
Chilopoda
Chilopsis
Chilopsis linearis
Chiloé Island
Chilpancingo
Chilunda
Chimaera
Chimaera monstrosa
Chimaeridae
Chimakum

Literary usage of Chiloe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"CHAPTER XIII Chiloe AND CHONOS ISLANDS Chiloe—General Aspect—Boat ... On the 21 st we anchored in the bay of S. Carlos, the capital of Chiloe. ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"CHAPTER XIII Chiloe AND CHONOS ISLANDS Chiloe—General Aspect—Boat ... On the 2ist we anchored in the bay of S. Carlos, the capital of Chiloe. ..."

3. Spanish America: Or A Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical Account of by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1818)
"The largest of those which are inhabited is Chiloe, or Isla Grande, which in former ... Chiloe is situated at the entrance of the gulf of Chiloe, or Ancud, ..."

4. The Potato: A Compilation of Information from Every Available Source by Eugene H. Grubb, William Sumner Guilford (1912)
""It is generally understood here that the Island of Chiloe, Chile, ... "The Chiloe Archipelago is situated off the west coast of Chile between 42 and 46 ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"The principal island, Chiloe, can be reached by steamer or by one of the native ... Fishing is a very important industry, lioth in Chiloe and the ..."

6. Journal of Researches Into the Geology & Natural History of the Various by Charles Darwin (1908)
"ON January the i5th we sailed from Low's Harbour, and three days afterwards anchored a second time in the bay of S. Carlos in Chiloe. ..."

7. Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil: From by Thomas Cochrane Dundonald (1859)
"DEPARTURE FOR Chiloe — PREPARATIONS OF THE ENEMY—CAPTURE OF FORT CORONA FAILURE ... and our prize the Dolores, for the island of Chiloe, taking with me two ..."

8. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1884)
"THE BAROMETRO ARAUCANA FROM THE Chiloe ISLANDS, taken in a trawl off Twofold Bay by the Challenger expedition, has since been described by Dr. Gunther. ..."

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