Chile Definition

chĭlē, chēlĕ
chiles
noun
chiles

Chili.

Webster's New World

(US, regional) Alternative form of chili (a chili pepper).

Wiktionary
(US, dialect, South, African American Vernacular) Child.
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pronoun
A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile.
While I come from Chile, my friend is from England, so I had to learn to speak English.
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Other Word Forms of Chile

Noun

Singular:
Chile
Plural:
chiles

Origin of Chile

  • From Spanish. A variant of chili, chilli; see that entry for more information.

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  • From Quechua chili (“the end of the world”).

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  • Spelling representing a pronunciation of child.

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Chile Sentence Examples

  • Sulphur is worked in Chile and Peru.

  • Melastomaceae, copiously represented in tropical America, are more feebly so in Peru and wholly wanting in Chile.

  • A few Cactaceae extend to Chile.

  • Amongst Coniferae Podocarpus is common to this and preceding sub-regions; Libocedrus extends from California to New Zealand and New Caledonia; Fitzroya is found in Chile and Tasmania; and Araucaria in its most familiar species occurs in Chile.

  • Sir John Narborough took two ships through the Strait of Magellan in 1670 and touched on the coast of Chile, but it was not until 1685 that Dampier sailed over the part of the Pacific where Hawkins met his defeat.

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Words Starting With

CCHCHI

Words Ending With

ELEILE

Unscrambles

Chile

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CH & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With LE

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With C5 Letter Words Ending With E