Victoria

From the Latin Victoria; also shortened from María (de la) Victoria, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Victory".

Victoria (a commune and city in Victoria, Chile)


Ñuñoa

From Mapudungun ñuñowe (“land of the ñuño”), being Sisyrinchium arenarium.

Ñuñoa (a commune in northeastern Santiago, Chile)


Navidad

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Navidad f (plural Navidades, generally capitalized)

Navidades (plural)
navidad (alternative)

[na.β̞iˈð̞að̞]

Inherited from Old Spanish nauidat, naduidad, from Latin nātīvitātem (“birth”), from nātīvus, from perfect passive participle nātus (“born”), from deponent verb nāsci (“be born”). Doublet of natividad.


Tierra del Fuego

la Tierra del Fuego (canonical feminine)

Literally, “Land of Fire”, reportedly named so by Ferdinand Magellan after the many fires lit up by the local population.

Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego#English


Santiago

Inherited from Latin Sanctus Iācōbus (“Saint 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 of the foot”).

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Santiago de Chile
Santiago de Chile#English

Santiago (the capital city of Chile; official name: Santiago de Chile)

Santiago Metropolitan Region
Santiago Metropolitan Region#English

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region (a province of Chile)

(historical) a province of Chile until 1976.

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

The name of several cities in Chile, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Spain, and several other Spanish-speaking countries


Santa Cruz

a name of various places named after the Holy Cross

Santa Cruz (a commune and city in Colchagua, Chile)


Santa Fe

Santa Fe (several other places in Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, Honduras, Panama, the Philippines, Spain and the United States)


San Carlos

From the word San and the first name Carlos.

San Carlos (a commune and city in San Carlos, Chile)


Los Ángeles

A clipping of Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (“Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola”), taken from the Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí's name for the nearby Los Angeles River, first sighted by the Portolá expedition on August 2, the feast day of the dedication of the chapel of Porziuncola (from Latin portiuncula, “little portion”) in Santa Maria degli Angeli (Italian for “Saint Mary of the Angels”) near Assisi, Italy, where St Francis began his order.


Antofagasta

Antofagasta (a region in northern Chile)

Antofagasta (a province and city, the regional capital of Antofagasta, Chile)


Santiago de Chile

the full name of Santiago, the capital city of Chile


San Pablo

San Pablo (a town and commune of Osorno Province, Las Lagos Region, Chile)

San Pablo (a dormant volcano in the Antofagasta Region, Chile)


Tomé

Tomé (a commune and city in Tomé, Chile)


Temuco

Temuco (a city and commune, the capital of Cautín province and Araucanía region in Chile)


Concepción

[kõn̟.θeβ̞ˈθjõn]

From concepción (“conception”), shortened from María (de la Inmaculada) Concepción, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception".

any of a number of places in Latin America

(historical) a province of Chile (first-level division) until 1974.


San Bernardo

San Bernardo (a commune and city in San Bernardo, Chile)


Araucanía

From araucano + -ía, from Arauco, ultimately from Mapudungun rag ko (“clayey water”), a place name.


Pichilemu

From Mapudungun pichi (“little”) + lemu (“forest”).


Casablanca

Calque of Portuguese Casa Branca, itself calqued from Arabic الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء (ad-dār al-bayḍāʔ, “the white home”).

الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء

Casablanca (a city in the province of Valparaíso, Chile)


Putre

Borrowed from Aymara puxtiri (“loud river”).


Arica

Arica (a city, the provincial capital of Arica, Chile)


Bucalemu

From Mapudungun buca (“big”) + lemu (“forest”).


Bucalemo

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


San Antonio

From san (“saint”) + Antonio (“Anthony”).

Coelemu (a commune and city in Coelemu, Chile)


Castro

Probably ultimately from Latin castra (“military camp”).


Linares

From linares (“flax fields”). Outside of Spain, variously named for Spanish cities or for Spanish nobles bearing the name in their primary titles.


Valparaíso

From val (“valley”) + paraíso (“paradise”).


Cartagena

Ultimately from oblique cases of Latin Carthāgō Nova (“New Carthage”), of Punic origin, cognate to 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt, “Carthage”, literally “New City”).


Cardenal Caro

From José María Caro Rodríguez, the first Chilean Roman Catholic Church Cardinal.


O'Higgins

Named after Bernardo O'Higgins, one of Chile's founding fathers.


Coronel

From coronel. Originally adopted as a surname by Sephardic Jews during their conversion to Christianity, most notably by Abraham Senior, who took the names Fernando Coronel Núñez or Fernando Pérez Coronel.

Coronel (a commune and city in Coronel, Chile)


Arauco

From Mapudungun rag ko (“clayey water”).


Magallanes

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Borrowed from Portuguese Magalhães.
The places are named after Ferdinand Magellan (Fernando de Magallanes in Spanish)


Cordillera

a province of Chile, see Cordillera Province, Chile


San Fernando

Named after King Ferdinand III of Castile.

named-after

San Fernando (a city and commune of Colchagua, Chile)


Río Negro

(historical) Río Negro (a former department of Chile)


San Vicente

→ Cebuano: San Vicente

→ Huave: Sevecend, San Vicen

→ Isthmus Zapotec: Xabizende

San Vicente (a commune of Cachapoal, Chile)


Cáhuil

Cáhuil (a village in the O'Higgins region, Chile)


El Huique

El Huique (a town in Colchagua province, Chile)


San Vicente de Tagua Tagua

[ˌsãm biˌθẽn̪.t̪e ð̞e ˌt̪a.ɣ̞wa ˈt̪a.ɣ̞wa]

[ˌsãm biˌsẽn̪.t̪e ð̞e ˌt̪a.ɣ̞wa ˈt̪a.ɣ̞wa]

San Vicente de Tagua Tagua
San Vicente de Tagua Tagua#English

San Vicente de Tagua Tagua (a city in San Vicente, Chile)


Quinta de Tilcoco

Quinta de Tilcoco
Quinta de Tilcoco#English


Rancagua

Rancagua (a commune and city in Rancagua, Chile)


Romeral

From romero (“rosemary”) + -al (indicating a place where something is plentiful).


Chiloé

Chiloé (a province of the Los Lagos region, Chile)


Salar Grande

a salt flat in Iquique, Tarapacá district, Chile


La Unión

La Unión (a commune and city in La Unión, Chile)


Ñuble

a province of Chile (first-level division) until 1974.

(historical) a province of Chile (second-level division) between 1974 and 2018.


Aysén

a former province of Chile (first-level division) until 1974.


Petorca

Petorca (a commune and city in Petorca, Chile)


Quillota

Quillota (a commune and city in Quillota, Chile)


Cautín

(historical) a province of Chile (first-level division) until 1976.


Palena

Uncertain. Possibly from Italian Palena, or from earlier río de la Ballena (literally “river of the whale”).

a province of the Los Lagos region, Chile


Maipo

Maipo (a province in Santiago metropolitan region, Chile)


Melipilla

Melipilla (a commune, provincial capital, and city in Melipilla, Chile)

Melipilla (a province of Melipilla, Chile)


Gorbea

Borrowed from Basque Gorbeia (modern orthography).


Taltal

Taltal (a commune and city in Taltal, Chile)


Puerto Varas

Puerto Varas (a city and commune of Puerto Varas, Chile)


Puerto Montt

Named after Chilean statesman Manuel Montt (1809–1880).

Puerto Montt (a city and commune in Llanquihue province, Los Lagos region, Chile).


Puerto Williams

Named after John Williams Wilson, British settler who founded Fuerte Bulnes, the first settlement in the Strait of Magellan.

Antártica Chilena
Antártica Chilena#English

Puerto Williams (a city, the capital of Antártica Chilena, Magallanes, Chile)


Lebu

Lebu (a commune and city in Lebu, Chile)


Collipulli

Collipulli (a commune and city in Collipulli, Chile)


Talcahuano

Talcahuano (a commune and city in Talcahuano, Chile)


La Serena

La Serena (a commune and city in La Serena, Chile)


Puente Alto

Puente Alto (a commune of Santiago, Chile)


Maipú

Maipú (a commune of Santiago province, Chile)


Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins

Literally, “Liberator General Bernado O'Higgins”, named after Bernardo O'Higgins.

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Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins#English

Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (a region of Chile)


Antártica Chilena

Antártica Chilena (a province of Chile; capital and largest city: Puerto Williams)


Calama

Calama (a province and city in Calama, Chile)


Calbuco

Calbuco (a commune and city in Calbuco, Chile)


Coelemu

Coelemu (a commune and city in Coelemu, Chile)


Combarbalá

Combarbalá (a commune and city in Combarbalá, Chile)


Coyhaique

Borrowed from Tehuelche koy aike (literally “lake encampment”).

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Coyhaique (a commune and city in Coyhaique, Chile)


Curacautín

Curacautín (a commune and city in Curacautín, Chile)


Curepto

Curepto (a commune and city in Curepto, Chile)


Freirina

Freirina (a commune and city in Freirina, Chile)


Illapel

Illapel (a commune and city in Illapel, Chile)


Juan Fernández

Juan Fernández (a commune and city in Juan Fernández, Chile)


La Ligua

La Ligua (a commune and city in La Ligua, Chile)


Lautaro

Lautaro (a commune and city in Lautaro, Chile)


Limache

Limache (a commune and city in Limache, Chile)


Maullín

Maullín (a commune and city in Maullín, Chile)


Mulchén

Mulchén (a commune and city in Mulchén, Chile)


Ovalle

Ovalle (a commune and city in Ovalle, Chile)


Panguipulli

Panguipulli (a commune and city in Panguipulli, Chile)


Parral

Parral (a commune and city in Parral, Chile)


Pisagua

Pisagua (a commune and city in Pisagua, Chile)


Pitrufquén

Pitrufquén (a commune and city in Pitrufquén, Chile)


Putaendo

Putaendo (a commune and city in Putaendo, Chile)


San Felipe de Aconcagua

From San Felipe and the former Aconcagua province.


Traiguén

[t̪ɾai̯ˈɣ̞ẽn]

Traiguén (a commune and city in Traiguén, Chile)


Vallenar

Vallenar (a commune and city in Vallenar, Chile)


Villarrica

Villarrica (a commune and city in Villarrica, Chile)


Yumbel

Yumbel (a commune and city in Yumbel, Chile)


Yungay

[ɟ͡ʝũŋˈɡai̯]

[ɟ͡ʝũŋˈɡai̯]

Yungay (a commune and city in Yungay, Chile)


Futaleufú

Borrowed from Mapudungun [Term?] (literally “great river”).

a town in Palena province, Los Lagos region, Chile


Quellón

Borrowed from Mapudungun külon (“maqui”).

a town in Chiloé, Los Lagos region, Chile


Providencia

a commune in northeastern Santiago, Chile


Chile Chico

a town in General Carrera province, Aysén region, Chile