Chil‧e /ˈtʃɪli/
a long narrow South American country between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains. Population: 16,295 (2005). Capital: Santiago. The driest desert in the world (the Atacama) is in northern Chile. Between 1973 and 1989, Chile had a very strict military government led by General Pinochet, but in 1989 it became a democracy again. ⇒ Allende
—Chilean noun, adjective

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