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