Chile
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English OnlineLDOCE OnlineChil·e /ˈtʃɪli/ a long narrow South American country between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains. Population: 17,216,945 (2014). Capital: Santiago. The driest desert in the world (the Atacama) is in northern Chile. Between 1973 and 1989, Chile had a very strict military government led by General Pinochet, but in 1989 it became a democracy again. → Allende, Salvador —Chilean noun, adjective
Chil·eSyllable
Chile
Chil‧e /ˈtʃɪli/
a long narrow South American country between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains. Population: 16,295 (2005). Capital: Santiago. The driest desert in the world (the Atacama) is in northern Chile. Between 1973 and 1989, Chile had a very strict military government led by General Pinochet, but in 1989 it became a democracy again. ⇨ Allende
—Chilean noun, adjective
Chil‧e /ˈtʃɪli/
a long narrow South American country between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains. Population: 16,295 (2005). Capital: Santiago. The driest desert in the world (the Atacama) is in northern Chile. Between 1973 and 1989, Chile had a very strict military government led by General Pinochet, but in 1989 it became a democracy again. ⇨ Allende
—Chilean noun, adjective