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CHILEAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Chile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Chilean" is a kind of...):

South American (a native or inhabitant of South America)

Holonyms ("Chilean" is a member of...):

Chile; Republic of Chile (a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast)

Derivation:

Chilean (of or relating to or characteristic of Chile or its people)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Chile or its people

Example:

Chilean volcanoes

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Chile (a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast)

Derivation:

Chile (a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast)

Chilean (a native or inhabitant of Chile)

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