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ATACAMA DESERT

Dictionary entry overview: What does Atacama Desert mean?

• ATACAMA DESERT (noun)
The noun ATACAMA DESERT has 1 sense:

1. a desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits

Familiarity information: ATACAMA DESERT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ATACAMA DESERT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)

Holonyms ("Atacama Desert" is a part of...):

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

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