Potosí

[ paw-taw-see ]

/ ˌpɔ tɔˈsi /

noun

a city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center. 13,022 feet (3970 meters) above sea level.

Example sentences from the Web for potosi

We came then to discourse of the silver mines at Potosi, and here he supposed, as I did also, a very great number of people.

A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before |Daniel Defoe
Those of Potosi never amount to six,53 while all the others together do not yield two.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (Vol 27 of 55) |Various
A specimen found in Potosi consists of alternate stripes of rose and flesh red.

Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas |Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
It is not to be inferred, however, that because the number of miners at Potosi has decreased, the mines are exhausted.

Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas |Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Those that filled the Spanish treasure ships so eagerly sought by buccaneers were the mines of Potosi.

Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |Jewett Castello Gilson

British Dictionary definitions for potosi

Potosí

/ (Spanish potoˈsi) /

noun

a city in S Bolivia, at an altitude of 4066 m (13 340 ft): one of the highest cities in the world; developed with the discovery of local silver in 1545; tin mining; university (1571). Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)

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