Callao
a seaport in W Peru, near Lima.
Historical Examples
The Wind Bloweth Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Jules Verne
With the Battle Fleet Franklin Matthews
A Voyage round the World W.H.G. Kingston
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests J. J. von Tschudi
Taking Tales W.H.G. Kingston
The Railroad Question William Larrabee
Ben Hadden W.H.G. Kingston
The Captive in Patagonia Benjamin Franklin Bourne
The Cruise of the Dainty William H. G. Kingston
noun
a port in W Peru, near Lima, on Callao Bay: chief import centre of Peru. Pop: 813 264 (2005 est)
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