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PUNTA ARENAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Punta Arenas mean? 

PUNTA ARENAS (noun)
  The noun PUNTA ARENAS has 1 sense:

1. a city in southern Chile on the Strait of Magellan; the southernmost city in the worldplay

  Familiarity information: PUNTA ARENAS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PUNTA ARENAS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in southern Chile on the Strait of Magellan; the southernmost city in the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Punta Arenas" 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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