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REPUBLIC OF CHILE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast

Synonyms:

Chile; Republic of Chile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

South American country; South American nation (any one of the countries occupying the South American continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Chile"):

Ojos del Salado (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,572 feet high))

Llullaillaco (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,057 feet high))

El Muerto (a mountain peak in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (21,457 feet high))

Andes (a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast)

Tupungatito (an inactive volcano in central Chile; last erupted in 1959)

Lascar (a volcano in the Andes in Chile)

Guallatiri (the world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile; last erupted in 1959)

Atacama Desert (a desert in western Chile that extends roughly 600 miles south from the Peruvian border; one of the driest areas in the world, but rich in nitrate and copper deposits)

Cape Froward (a cape on the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile; the most southern point on the mainland of South America)

Cape Horn (a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego))

Tierra del Fuego (an archipelago off southern South America; separated from the continent by the Strait of Magellan; islands are administered by Chile and by Argentina)

Vina del Mar (a resort city on the Pacific in central Chile)

Valparaiso (the chief port and second largest city of Chile; located on a wide harbor in central Chile)

Temuco (a city in central Chile to the south of Concepcion)

Punta Arenas (a city in southern Chile on the Strait of Magellan; the southernmost city in the world)

capital of Chile; Gran Santiago; Santiago; Santiago de Chile (the capital and largest city of Chile; located in central Chile; one of the largest cities in South America)

Chiloe (the largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled; located off south-central Chile)

Antofagasta (a port city on the Pacific in northern Chile)

Patagonia (region in southern South America between the Andes and the South Atlantic)

Tupungato (a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,310 feet high))

Meronyms (members of "Republic of Chile"):

Chilean (a native or inhabitant of Chile)

Domain member region:

Manuel Rodriquez Patriotic Front (a terrorist group formed in 1983 as the armed wing of the Chilean Communist Party)

Lautaro Faction of the United Popular Action Movement; Lautaro Popular Rebel Forces; Lautaro Youth Movement (a violent terrorist group organized in the 1980s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government; leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths)

Holonyms ("Republic of Chile" is a part of...):

South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)

Holonyms ("Republic of Chile" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)

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