Valparaíso

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

• A city of central Chile on the Pacific Ocean west-northwest of Santiago. Founded in 1536, it has frequently been subject to severe earthquakes. The modern city developed as an industrial center and the chief port of Chile in the early 1900s.

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• proper noun A port city in Chile known for its steep cliffs, home of the national congress, and its funicular railways traveling up these cliffs.

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• noun the chief port and second largest city of Chile; located on a wide harbor in central Chile