Arica Definition

ə-rēkə, ä-rēkä
noun
A technique or program for increasing self-awareness, consciousness, etc., featuring physical and mental exercises, meditation, diet, etc.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A Chilean city.
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Origin of Arica

  • The origin of the eponym Arica is uncertain. Rómulo Cúneo Vidal said that the word comes from Aymara ari (crag) + iqui (place to sleep). Manuel A. Quiroga said that the word comes from ari (phylum) + aka (tip). Carlos Auza Arce said that it comes from ari (hill) + acca (neighboring).

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Arica Sentence Examples

  • Its area in 1906, including Tacna and Arica, and other disputed territories occupied by neighbouring states, was officially estimated.

  • With Chile the de jure line is that of the Camarones ravine which separated the old department of Moquegua (including the provinces of Tacna and Arica) from that of Tarapaca.

  • Alacran is a small islet off the lofty " morro " of Arica.

  • Don Hipolito Unanue, born at Arica in 1755, wrote an important work on the climate of Lima and contributed to the Mercurio pervano.

  • The principal conditions imposed by Chile were the absolute cession by Peru of the province of Tarapaca, and the occupation for a period of ten years of the territories of Tacna and Arica, the ownership of these districts to be decided by a popular vote of the inhabitants of Tacna and Arica at the expiration of the period named.

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AARARI

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ACAICA

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Words Starting With A and Ending With A

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