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Definition of Antofagasta
1. Noun. A port city on the Pacific in northern Chile.
Definition of Antofagasta
1. Proper noun. A city in northern Chile. ¹
2. Proper noun. The Antofagasta Province. ¹
3. Proper noun. The Antofagasta Region. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antofagasta
Literary usage of Antofagasta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South America from a Surgeon's Point of View by Franklin Henry Martin (1922)
"AUTOMOBILE CLUB, Antofagasta beautiful green oases. Our hosts entertained us
royally, and our day with them will not soon be forgotten. ..."
2. A History of South America, 1854-1904 by Charles Edmond Akers (1904)
"THE first phase of the war ended with the occupation of Antofagasta, Calama, and
other districts of Atacama. The second was concluded by the fight in which ..."
3. South America: Observations and Impressions by James Bryce Bryce (1912)
"Here the railway line forks, sending one branch to the port of Antofagasta, and
the other to the smaller town but better sheltered roadstead of Me- ..."
4. Chile at the Pan-American Exposition by Chile (1901)
"PROVINCE OF Antofagasta. This province has an area of 47878 square miles and a
... It is divided into three departments, Tocopilla, Antofagasta and Taltal. ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Besides Antofagasta the principal towns are Taltal, Mejillones, Cobija (the old
capital) and Tocopilla. Up to 1879 the province belonged to Bolivia, ..."
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