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Valparaiso

val·pa·raiso

US/væl.pəˈɹeɪ.zoʊ/ rare

noun

1.

the chief port and second largest city of Chile; located on a wide harbor in central Chile

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish Valparaíso, from val (short for valle (“valley”)) + paraíso (“paradise”).

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