Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northern Chile on the Pacific Ocean near the Peruvian border. Claimed by both Peru and Chile until 1929, it is a free port and popular resort.
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- proper noun a Chilean city
Etymologies
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Examples
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And, about 38 kilometers outside of Arica, which is Chile's northernmost city, apparently, the bus went over a steep embankment.
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Herehence we sailed to a place called Arica; and, being entered the port, we found there three small barks, which we rifled, and found in one of them fifty-seven wedges of silver, each of them weighing about 20 lb. weight, and every of these wedges were of the fashion and bigness of a brickbat.
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The next raid of the adventurers was at a place called Arica, a small seaport town at the output of a beautiful and fertile valley.
Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III Charles Morris 1877
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"Arica," the captain said, "is the port from which we have come.
Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main Gordon Browne 1867
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The Qatari headed a Volkswagen 1-2-3 in the 252-km stage from Arica to Antofagasta, coming home one minute and 20 seconds ahead of Sainz.
Nasser Al-Attiyah wins the seventh stage of the Dakar rally 2011
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Your missplaced outrage has only become apparent after the majority of the nation voted for an Arica-American as our leader.
We don't tolerate racist behavior, Tea Party organizer says 2010
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Remarkably, U.S. government subsidies [to American cotton growers] ... (approximately, $4 billion in 2000) exceed ... the entire USAID [foreign aid] for the continent of Arica.
Jonathan Lewis: The Shirt off Your Back (VIDEO) Jonathan Lewis 2010
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REUTERS Richard Gonzales of France and co drivers Gimbre and Bouey camp by their Man truck after it crashed during the night of the sixth stage of the third South American edition of the Dakar Rally 2011 from Iquique to Arica January 7, 2011.
The 2011 Dakar Rally 2011
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Remarkably, U.S. government subsidies [to American cotton growers] ... (approximately, $4 billion in 2000) exceed ... the entire USAID [foreign aid] for the continent of Arica.
Jonathan Lewis: The Shirt off Your Back (VIDEO) Jonathan Lewis 2010
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Remarkably, U.S. government subsidies [to American cotton growers] ... (approximately, $4 billion in 2000) exceed ... the entire USAID [foreign aid] for the continent of Arica.
Jonathan Lewis: The Shirt off Your Back (VIDEO) Jonathan Lewis 2010
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