Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Chile or its people or culture.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Chile.
- noun A person of Chilean ancestry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Chile or its inhabitants.
- noun A native or resident of Chile; Chilian.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of
Chile or its people. - noun A person from
Chile or of Chilean descent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Chile or its people
- noun a native or inhabitant of Chile
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Examples
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Oct. 17 Bloomberg -- Herman Cain, the former pizza executive surging in polls for the Republican presidential nomination, wants to replace Social Security with what he called the "Chilean model" of private pension funds.
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Although not an expert in Chilean history, I considered myself well informed.
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"A lot of people thought that Malbec was another name for Chilean Merlot," said Mr. Ramkowsky.
How Malbec Became the Wine of 'Regular People' Lettie Teague 2011
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One of most successful team in Chilean league and curently Apertura 2009 champions.
Archive 2009-10-01 Azmie aka switch image 2009
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One of most successful team in Chilean league and curently Apertura 2009 champions.
Universidad de Chile 2009/10 team kits Azmie aka switch image 2009
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The Chilean is 16-0 this year on clay, although he withdrew before the third round in Rome because of a hamstring injury.
Sharapova stumped by rally as Federer rolls on in France 2008
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The main Chilean newspaper, El Mercurio, is reporting that some Harry Potter fans have read, translated and posted online a spanish version "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".
Boing Boing 2007
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Personally I tend to like _no_ graffiti, any more than I like auto parts signs covering whole facades of classic buildings for blocks in Chilean towns – the architects would be traumatized.
KNITTA PLEASE: Graffiti You Can Cuddle Up To | Inhabitat 2007
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As a junior player, he called the Chilean tennis-federation president a "" mafia boss '' -- and was slapped with a defamation suit.
Blame It On Rios 2008
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Until I called my Chilean friend to ask her to send me some.
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