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 the Mapudungan ñuñowe (land of the ñuño, being Sisyrinchium arenarium).


Navidad

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Navidad f (plural Navidades, generally capitalized)

[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.


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, Santiago de Chile (the capital city of Chile)

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)


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


Santiago de Chile

the full name of Santiago, the capital city of Chile


Tomé

Tomé (a commune and city in Tomé, Chile)


Temuco

Temuco (a commune and city in Temuco, Chile)


San Bernardo

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


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)


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


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)


San Fernando

Named after King Ferdinand III of Castile.

named-after

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


La Estrella

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines


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).


La Unión

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


Petorca

Petorca (a commune and city in Petorca, Chile)


Quillota

Quillota (a commune and city in Quillota, Chile)


Melipilla

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


Taltal

Taltal (a commune and city in Taltal, Chile)


Puerto Varas

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


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

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)


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)