Chimborazo

English

Etymology

From Spanish Chimborazo.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ˌchēm-bō-ˈrä-(ˌ)zō[1]
  • enPR: chēmbōräʹsō[2]
  • enPR: chǐmʹbō-räʹzō, chēmʹbō-räʹsō[3]

Proper noun

Chimborazo

  1. An inactive volcano in central Ecuador, whose peak is the highest in the country and the furthest point from the centre of the Earth.
  2. A province in central Ecuador. Capital: Riobamba.

References

  1. ^ Chimborazo”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chimborazo”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 396, column 1
  3. ^ “Chim·bo·razo”, in The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas[2], Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 156, column 1

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chimborazo ?

  1. a province of Ecuador

Derived terms