Victoria

en-proper noun

Victoria (countable and uncountable, plural Victorias or Victoriae)

From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doublet of Vitória. The given name can also be analyzed as the male name Victor + -ia. The places were named in honour of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.

A placename:
A commune and city in Chile.

A placename:
A former department of Chile.


Florida

New York City, Philadelphia, traditional Eastern New England (except for Boston), Ireland

From Spanish florida (“flowery”), often referring to a place's abundance of flowers. The state's name specifically is a shortening of la Florida (“the flowery one”) or Pascua Florida (“flowery Easter”). It is the oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US. The village in Orange County, New York was named in the 1760s from Latin flōrida (“flowery”).

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Several places in South and Central America:

A town and commune of the Biobío region, Chile.


Ñuñoa

Borrowed from Chilean Spanish Ñuñoa, from Mapudungun.

A commune in northeastern Santiago, Chile.


Navidad

Navidad (countable and uncountable, plural Navidads)

Borrowed from Spanish Navidad. The surname is mostly found in the Philippines.


Tierra del Fuego

/tɪˌɛːɹə dɛl ˈfwe(ɪ)ɡəʊ/

Ferdinand Magellan
Tierra del Fuego (disambiguation)

Borrowed from Spanish Tierra del Fuego (literally “Land of Fire”), reportedly named so by Ferdinand Magellan after the many fires lit up by the local population.

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Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
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An island at the southern tip of South America, politically divided between Chile and Argentina; in full, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego.

An archipelago and geographic region of Chile and Argentina, consisting of this island and a number of smaller surrounding islands.


Santiago

/sæntiˈɑːɡəʊ/

Chinese Filipino
Guan Yu
James, brother of Jesus
Jose Rizal
Santiago
Santiago (disambiguation)

From Spanish Santiago, ellision of earlier Sant'Iago and Sant Iago, from Latin Sanctus Iācōbus (“Saint James or holy James”), the latter word deriving from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel”) and the Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Piecewise doublet of Saint James.
The Guan Yu sense among Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines is due to a syncretic association of the deified Chinese general with St. James, who are both known for their assertiveness and heroism, which non-Chinese and people in the Philippines like Jose Rizal during the 19th century first associated with and/or surmised the Chinese folk deities venerated by Chinese Filipinos on Chinese altars and prints with popular Christian or Muslim figures.

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On 12 February 1541 Valdivia founded the city of Santiago, but within six months it was destroyed by Araucanian Indians, one of the most bellicose peoples encountered by the Spaniards; […]

1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 34:

Places in Chile:
The capital city of Chile.

A commune of Santiago, Chile, in the center of the city.

A province of Chile, surrounding the city.

A metropolitan region in Chile, surrounding the province.

Places in Chile:
A former department of Chile.


Santa Cruz

From Spanish and Portuguese Santa Cruz (“Holy Cross”), various places named in honor of the True Cross upon which Jesus was crucified. Doublet of Holy Cross and Saint Croix.

A city and commune in the Colchagua Valley, O'Higgins region, Chile.


Santa Fe

Borrowed from Spanish Santa Fe (“Holy Faith”). The SUV is named after the capital city of New Mexico.

A former fort at the confluence of the Biobío River and Vergara River, in present-day Chile, in full Santa Fe de la Ribera.


San Carlos

Borrowed from Spanish San Carlos (“Saint Charles”).

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Places in Chile:
A commune and city in Chile.


Molina

en-proper noun

Molina (countable and uncountable, plural Molinas)

From Spanish and Italian, both from Latin Molina "of a mill", from mola "mill" + -ina. Compare Miller.


Cape Horn

Ultimately from Dutch Kaap Hoorn, named after the hometown and flagship (both Hoorn) of Willem Schouten, who was the first to sail around the cape into the Pacific Ocean in 1616.

The southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile.

Kap Horn

southernmost headland of Tierra del Fuego


Antofagasta

Antofagasta
Antofagasta Province
Antofagasta Region


Santiago de Chile

From Spanish Santiago de Chile (“Santiago of Chile”), distinguishing the intended city.

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Synonym of Santiago, the capital city of Chile.


San Pablo

A town and commune of Osorno Province, Las Lagos Region, Chile.

A dormant volcano in the Antofagasta Region, Chile.


Temuco

Borrowed from Chilean Spanish Temuco, from Mapudungun.

A city and commune, the capital of Cautín province and Araucanía region in Chile.


Concepción

A city and commune, the capital of Concepción province, Chile.

A number of places, including:
A province in Biobío region, Chile.


San Bernardo

A city and commune, the capital of Maipo province, Santiago metropolitan region, Chile.

A number of places, including:
A former department of Chile.


Pichilemu

From Spanish Pichilemu, from Mapudungun pichi (“little”) + lemu (“forest”).


Arica

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).

A commune and port city, the capital of the province of Arica, Chile.


Buin

A city and commune in Maipo province, Santiago metropolitan region, Chile.


Marchigüe

Marchihue (alternative)
Marchigue (alternative)


Bucalemu

From Mapudungun buca (“big, great”) and lemu (“forest”).


Bucalemo

Alternative form of Bucalemu, a town in Cardenal Caro province, O'Higgins region, Chile.


Caldera

A city, port, and commune in Copiapó province, Atacama region, northern Chile.


San Antonio

Borrowed from Spanish San Antonio, named after St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231), Franciscan friar.

Places in Chile:
A major port city in Chile.

Places in Chile:
A former department of Chile.


Linares

Linareses (plural)
Linarez (alternative)

From Spanish Linares, from linares (“flax fields”). For places outside Spain, derived from Spanish cities or from Spanish nobles bearing the name in their primary titles. As a surname mostly found in Venezuela, variously derived from all these sources.


Valparaíso

Borrowed from Chilean Spanish Valparaíso.

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A city and port, the capital of the Valparaíso region, Chile, known for its steep cliffs, home of the national congress, and its funicular railways traveling up these cliffs.


Ollagüe

A town and volcano in the northern desert of Chile.


Pinto

From Spanish pinto (“painted, mottled”), from the white speckled pattern they used to apply to their faces.

A town in Ñuble Province, Biobío Region, Chile.


Sierra Nevada

From Spanish Sierra Nevada (“snow-capped mountains”).

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A volcano in the Araucanía Region, Chile.


Sewell

Sewall (alternative)
Suell (alternative)

A mining town in O'Higgins Region, Chile, that is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


Puna

Altiplano, a region that covers part of Bolivia, Peru, and the northern end of Argentina and Chile.


Cochrane

Cochran (alternative)
Cockrum (alternative)
Cocrane (alternative)
Cocran (alternative)
Cochren (alternative)
Cockram (alternative)
Cockran (alternative)
Cockren (alternative)
Colqueran (alternative)
Cothran (alternative)
Coughran (alternative)
Cofran (alternative)
Cohran (alternative)
Corcoran (alternative)
Corcorran (alternative)
O'Corcoran (alternative)
MacCorcoran (alternative)

The surname has multiple origins:
# From the placename "Lowlands of Cochrane", in Paisley, Renfrewshire.
# An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Maceachrain.
# An anglicization of Irish Ó Corcráin (“descendant of Corcrán”).


Cardenal Caro

A province and former department of the O'Higgins Region, Chile.


Juan Fernández Islands

An archipelago off the coast of Chile, in the Pacific Ocean.


O'Higgins

Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins#English

Ellipsis of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins: a region of Chile.


Chajnantor

From Kunza tchacknatur (“place of departure” or “place of lift-off”), a place of platforms for worshipping the Sun.

A plateau in northern Chile, Llano de Chajnantor, the site of a milimeter/submilimeter telescope array.


Valdivia

en-proper noun

Valdivia (countable and uncountable, plural Valdivias)

A city and commune, the capital of Valdivia province and Los Ríos region, Chile, named after Pedro de Valdivia.


Tierra Amarilla

From Spanish tierra amarilla (“yellow soil”) (clay in New Mexico).

Copiapó Province
Copiapó Province#English

A city and commune of Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile.


Arauco

A city and commune in Arauco province, Chile.


Magallanes

From Spanish Magallanes, from Portuguese Magalhães.
The places are named after Ferdinand Magellan (Spanish: Fernando de Magallanes)

Several places in the Chile and the Philippines.

Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Norte#English

A municipality of Agusan del Norte, Philippines.

A municipality of Sorsogon, Philippines.


Cordillera

A province of Chile. See Cordillera Province, Chile.


San Fernando

From Spanish San Fernando.
The city in Trinidad and Tobago is named after King Ferdinand III of Castile.

named-after

Several locations in Latin America, Spain and the Philippines:.


Río Negro

Borrowed from Spanish Río Negro (literally “black river”).


San Vicente

Places in Chile:
A former department of Chile.


Biobío

Bio-Bío (alternative)
Bío-Bío (alternative)


Cáhuil

A village in the O'Higgins region, Chile.


Tinguiririca

A town in the commune of Chimbarongo, Colchagua province, Chile.


Peor es Nada

From Spanish Peor es Nada (literally “worse is nothing”); see w:Peor es Nada § Etymology.

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A rural community of Chimbarongo, Colchagua Province, O'Higgins Region, Chile.


Pelluhue

A town and commune of Cauquenes province, Chile.


Chiloé

Borrowed from Chilean Spanish Chiloé, from Mapudungun.

An archipelago and large island in the Los Lagos region in southern Chile.

A province of the Los Lagos region, Chile.


Los Lagos

A city and commune in Valdivia province, Los Ríos region, Chile.


Maipo River

A significant river in Chile flowing from the Andes Mountains through San José de Maipo and Santiago onto the Pacific Ocean at San Antonio.


Lithium Triangle

A region of Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, in the Atacama Desert, which produces much of the world's lithium supply, and contains most of the world's known lithium reserves.


Tacna

(historical) A former province of Chile.

(historical) A former department of Chile.


Talca

A city and commune, the capital of Talca province and Maule region, Chile.

Talca Province, a province in Maule region, Chile.


Ensenada

The 36 miles from Petrohué to Puerto Varas can be covered direct by motor coach, but a steamer on Lake Llanquihué [sic] provides an alternative from Ensenada, 11 miles from Petrohué.

1949 May and June, H. R. Stones, “From Argentina to Chile via the Southern Lakes”, in Railway Magazine, page 151:

A locality east of Puerto Varas, Llanquihue province, Los Lagos region, Chile.


Humberstone

A ghost town in the Atacama Desert, Chile.


La Unión

A city and commune in El Ranco province, Los Ríos region, Chile.

A number of places, including:
A former department of Chile.


Ñuble

(historical) A former province in Chile.


Los Ríos

A place name, including:
A region in Chile, one of 16.


Copiapó

A province in Atacama region, northern Chile.

A city and commune, the capital of Copiapó province and Atacama region, Chile.


Los Andes

A city and province in Valparaiso Region, Chile.


Llanquihue

A city and commune in Llanquihue province, Chile.


Osorno

en-proper noun

Osorno (countable and uncountable, plural Osornos)

Borrowed from Spanish Osorno, possibly related to Basque osoren (“complete”).

A city and commune, the capital of Osorno province, Chile.

A volcano situated between Osorno province and Llanquihue province, Chile, named after the city.


Palena

A province of the Los Lagos region, Chile.


Maipo

A province in Santiago metropolitan region, Chile.

A town in Buin commune, Maipo province, Chile.

A volcano in the Andes, on the border between Chile and Argentina.


Melipilla

A commune, provincial capital, and city in Chile.


Taltal

A commune and city in Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile.


San Felipe

A number of places, mostly in Spanish-speaking areas, including:

A commune, the capital of San Felipe de Aconcagua province, Valparaíso region, Chile.

San Felipe de Aconcagua
San Felipe de Aconcagua#English


Constitución

A city and commune in Talca province, Maule region, Chile.


Tronador

An extinct volcano in the southern Andes, on the border between Argentina and Chile.


Peulla

The journey is continued next morning at 9 a.m., by the small steamship Esmeralda, which plies on picturesque Lake Todos los Santos (All Saints) from Peulla to Petrohué, a distance of 21 miles, in three hours.

Todos los Santos Lake
Todos los Santos Lake#English

A small village at the east end of Todos los Santos Lake, Los Lagos region, Chile.


Todos los Santos Lake

(or Lake Todos los Santos) A lake in Los Lagos region, Chile.


Petrohué

A locality at the west end of Todos los Santos Lake, Los Lagos region, Chile.


Llanquihue Lake

(or Lake Llanquihue) A lake in Llanquihue province and Osorno province, Los Lagos region, the second-largest lake in Chile.


Puerto Varas

A city and commune in Llanquihue province, Los Lagos region, Chile, named after Antonio Varas.


Puerto Montt

A city and commune in Llanquihue province, Los Lagos region, Chile.


Antilhue

A village in Los Lagos commune, Valdivia province, Los Ríos region, Chile.


Loncoche

A city and commune in Cautín province, Araucanía region, Chile.


Renaico

A city and commune in Malleco province, Araucanía region, Chile.


Lebu

A coastal city and commune in Arauco province, Biobío region, Chile.


Chillán

A city and commune in Diguillín province, Ñuble region, Chile.


San Rosendo

A city and commune in Biobío province, Biobío region, Chile.


Talcahuano

A city, commune, and port in Concepción province, Biobío region, Chile.


Tupungato

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Tupungato, itself from a Huarpean language.

ubor

A massive Andean lava dome dating to Pleistocene times, located on the Argentina–Chile border.


Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins

Borrowed from Spanish, named after Bernardo O'Higgins.

A region of Chile, often shortened to O'Higgins.


Antártica Chilena

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Antártica Chilena.

A province of Chile. Capital and largest city: Puerto Williams.


Coyhaique

Borrowed from Chilean Spanish Coyhaique.

A commune and capital city of Aysén province, Chile.


San Felipe de Aconcagua

A province of the Valparaíso Region, Chile.


La Huerta

Borrowed from Spanish La Huerta f (literally “The Garden; The Orchard”), from Spanish huerta f (“garden, orchard”).

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A village in Hualañé, Curicó, Maule, Chile.