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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A ruined pre-Incan city on the northern coast of Peru, built after AD 850. At its peak it was home to tens of thousands of people.

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Examples

  • Ochoa sang the signature Buena Vista Social Club hit "Chan Chan," and he provides similarly folksy songs for AfroCubism.

    AfroCubism: Giants At Play, United By Music 2010

  • Most of World Vision's material is traditional, but they do a killer version of "Chan Chan," the Cuban classic by Compay Segundo.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Buena Vista Social Club hit "Chan Chan," and he provides similarly folksy songs for

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Buena Vista Social Club hit "Chan Chan," and he provides similarly folksy songs for

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Buena Vista Social Club hit "Chan Chan," and he provides similarly folksy songs for

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Most of World Vision's material is traditional, but they do a killer version of "Chan Chan," the Cuban classic by Compay Segundo.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Most of World Vision's material is traditional, but they do a killer version of "Chan Chan," the Cuban classic by Compay Segundo.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Buena Vista Social Club hit "Chan Chan," and he provides similarly folksy songs for

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Most of World Vision's material is traditional, but they do a killer version of "Chan Chan," the Cuban classic by Compay Segundo.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Buena Vista Social Club hit "Chan Chan," and he provides similarly folksy songs for

    NPR Topics: News 2010

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