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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PUNTA ARENAS

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUNTA ARENAS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUNTA ARENAS

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Punta Arenas is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PUNTA ARENAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas is a commune and the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena. The city was officially renamed Magallanes in 1927, but in 1938 it was changed back to Punta Arenas. It is the largest city south of the 46th parallel south. As of 1977 Punta Arenas has been one of only two free ports in Chile. Located on the Brunswick Peninsula north of the Strait of Magellan, Punta Arenas was originally established by the Chilean government in 1848 as a tiny penal colony to assert sovereignty over the Strait. During the remainder of the 1800s, Punta Arenas grew in size and importance due to the increasing maritime traffic and trade traveling to the west coasts of South and North America. This period of growth also resulted from the waves of immigrants attracted to the gold rush and sheep farming boom in the 1880s and early 1900s. The largest sheep company, controlling 10,000 square kilometres in Chile and Argentina, was based in Punta Arenas, and its owners lived there. Since its founding Chile has used Punta Arenas as a base to defend its sovereignty claims in the southernmost part of South America.

Definition of Punta Arenas in the English dictionary

The definition of Punta Arenas in the dictionary is a port in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: the southernmost city in the world. Pop: 118 000 Former name: Magallanes.

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Synonyms and antonyms of Punta Arenas in the English dictionary of synonyms

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TRANSLATION OF PUNTA ARENAS

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Translator English - Chinese

蓬塔阿雷纳斯
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Translator English - Spanish

Punta Arenas
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Punta Arenas
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पंटा एरेनास
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بونتا اريناس
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Пунта-Аренас
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Punta Arenas
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পুণা এরিনাস
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Punta Arenas
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Punta Arenas
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Punta Arenas
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Translator English - Japanese

プンタアレナス
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푼타 아레나스
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Punta Arenas
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Punta Arenas
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புண்டா அரீனாஸ்
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पंटा एरेनास
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Punta Arenas
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Punta Arenas
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Punta Arenas
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Пунта - Аренас
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Punta Arenas
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Punta Arenas
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Punta Arenas
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Punta Arenas
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Trends of use of Punta Arenas

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUNTA ARENAS»

The term «Punta Arenas» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.009 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUNTA ARENAS» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUNTA ARENAS»

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Tierra del Fuego: una biografía del fin del mundo : a ...
Al poco tiempo, el dueño le comentó que había un negocio en Punta Arenas de un señor que no le podía pagar más la renta. Mi bisabuelo viajó a Punta Arenas, arregló el problema, que era con el luego famoso comandante Luis Piedra ...
‎2009
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Frommer's South America
For the region's tremendous size, Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego are surprisingly easy to travel, especially now that most destinations have opened airports. Travelers can plan a circuit that loops through, for example, Ushuaia, Punta Arenas, ...
Nicholas Gill, Eliot Greenspan, Charlie O'Malley, 2010
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Frommer's Argentina and Chile
Argentine area codes always begin with a 0 prefix, which you'll drop when dialing from Chile. For example, if dialing from Punta Arenas, Chile, to Ushuaia, Argentina, you'll dial 123 (or whichever carrier you're using), then 0-54-2901 and the ...
Haas Mroue, Kristina Schreck, Michael Luongo, 2005
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Frommer's Chile & Easter Island, 1st Edition
6 Tierra del Fuego TM Ushuaia: 461km (286 miles) SW of Punta Arenas; 594km ( 368 miles) S of Río Gallegos Where there's smoke, there's fire, thought Magellan in 1520 when he named this island for the smoke rising from the native ...
Stephan Küeffner, Kristina Schreck, 2007
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Vieques: A Photographically Illustrated Guide to the Island, ...
Route 200 leads to the western coast of the island and Playa Punta Arenas. Renamed by the Navy, Green Beach, Punta Arenas is located on the northwestern corner of Vieques and has magnificent views of the Big Island just six miles away.
Gerald Singer, 2004
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Cruise Travel
20—17 days: Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Port Stanley, Ushuaia, Punta Arenas, Puerto Montt, Valparaiso (end) $3,867-21,460 Radisson Seven Seas Cruises Song of Flower, Dec. 8 — 10 nights: Santos, Paranagua, Itajai, Rio Grande, Punta ...
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The Rotarian
Today you can eat well — and very cheaply — in the bustling port on the Straits: Punta Arenas, Chile, a city of 30,000 people and one of the world's important wool- and mutton-exporting centers. Every Thursday in "Sands Point" (which is how ...
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Weekly World News
For three days, until the wind blew it away, a hole in the ozone layer located over Antarctica shifted and settled over Punta Arenas, a city of 132,000 located at the southernmost tip of South America. The ozone layer screens out most of the ...
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Cruise Travel
$1,599-10,799 Mar. 3 — 14 nights: Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Ushuaia, Puerto Madryn, Buenos Aries, Rio de Janeiro (end) $1,799-10,999 Crystal Cruises Crystal Harmony, Mar. 11 — 13 days: Callao/Lima, Guayaquil, Puntarenas, Acapulco ...
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Chile: The Bradt Travel Guide
... 512 (tel: 580747); they leave on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 12.30 to Rfo Grande (P9.000), arriving at 16.30 and connecting to Ushuaia; returns leave Rfo Grande on Mondays and Fridays at 10.30, continuing to Punta Arenas.
Tim Burford, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUNTA ARENAS»

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Punta Arenas rescues semi-submersible rig stranded in the port's …
A semi-submersible rig of Chinese origin commissioned to Total and which grounded 200 meters from the coast in Punta Arenas following strong winds and ... «MercoPress, Jun 15»
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Punta Arenas fishing industry complains of a sharp fall in catches …
The fishing industry in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, is going through a serious recession --30% fall in landings-- which is not only impacting the activity ... «MercoPress, Jun 15»
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Elley's Punta Arenas set for third tilt at a Durban July finish
That is the scenario with Elley's top horse, Punta Arenas, who looks to have earned a third tilt at the Vodacom Durban July with his third-place finish in the ... «BDlive, May 15»
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Punta Arenas cruise visitors this season totaled 56.383 with 100 calls
The results of the 2014/2015 cruise season were considered 'positive' for Punta Arenas, in the extreme south of Chile, which received 100 vessel calls, of which ... «MercoPress, May 15»
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Penguins, glaciers and legends: Discover Chile, Argentina and …
We had set sail the previous evening from Punta Arenas, Chile's southernmost city. Our first port of call had been the spectacular Marinelli Glacier and Ainsworth ... «Express.co.uk, Mar 15»
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On this Antarctic cruise, skip the Drake Passage crossing and fly …
based company offers an eight-day Antarctica Air Cruise that starts with a two-hour flight from Punta Arenas at the tip of Chile to King George Island, the largest ... «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
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"Good cruise season" for Punta Arenas with some 60.000 visitors
Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile is expecting some 60.000 visitors this cruise season (2014/15) according to estimates from the local port authority ... «MercoPress, Feb 15»
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Punta Arenas expects 60.000 visitors this cruise season
An estimated 60.000 visitors will be landing in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile during this 2014/2015 cruise season, according to the manager of the ... «MercoPress, Nov 14»
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In Chile, an Animal Whose Numbers Please No One
(An exception can be found at La Cuisine, a restaurant in Punta Arenas that offers ... an official with the Agricultural and Livestock Service in Punta Arenas. «New York Times, Sep 14»
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Methanex (MEOH) Restarts Chile Plant at Punta Arenas Site …
announced that it has restarted its Chile I plant at its site in Punta Arenas. The plant had been idled since May 2014 due to insufficient natural gas supply. «NASDAQ, Sep 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Punta Arenas [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/punta-arenas>. May 2024 ».
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