Chilean

/ˈt͡ʃɪli.ən/ adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person from Chile or of Chilean descent.
  2. 2
    a native or inhabitant of Chile wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people. not-comparable

    "The Chilean Amphijubula Schust. (Schuster, 1970a) which has the facies of a small Frullania and agrees with Frullania in leaf insertion and branching, has a nontiered seta with 16 epidermal cell rows surrounding 4 inner rows."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of Chile or its people wordnet

Synonyms

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chile nativechile-basedchile-relatedchilean dialectchilean nationchilean national

Example

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"Tom can't tell the difference between Spanish wine and Chilean wine."

Etymology

From Chile + -an.

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