Chimbote

[ chim-boh-tee; Spanish cheem-baw-te ]
/ tʃɪmˈboʊ ti; Spanish tʃimˈbɔ tɛ /

noun

a city in NW Peru, on the W coast at the mouth of the Santa River.

Example sentences from the Web for chimbote

  • The copper mines on the Chimbote line, however, are quite another matter.

    Peru in the Guano Age |Alexander James Duffield

British Dictionary definitions for chimbote

Chimbote
/ (Spanish tʃimˈbote) /

noun

a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)