Chiclayo

[ chee-klah-yaw ]

noun

1. a city in NW Peru.

Chiclayo

/ tʃiˈklajo /

noun

1. a city in NW Peru. Pop: 434 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Similar protests were held in other cities across the country, including Arequipa, Chiclayo, Cusco and Trujillo, according to reports and images broadcast by local television channel Canal N.

From Reuters

John Villareal, otro trabajador del yacimiento, dijo que cuando era niño solía excavar tumbas en un cementerio precolombino en su pueblo en el norte de Perú, cerca de la ciudad de Chiclayo, laborando en equipos de 10 hombres con otros trabajadores.

From New York Times

“Venían compradores de Chiclayo y nos compraban, en ese entonces rematábamos porque no sabíamos su valor”, dijo Villareal.

From New York Times

John Villareal, another laborer at the site, said that when he was a boy, he used to dig up graves at a pre-Columbian burial ground in his village in northern Peru near the city of Chiclayo, working in 10-man teams with other laborers.

From New York Times

“Buyers would come from Chiclayo and we’d sell the pieces for a pittance because we didn’t know what they were worth,” Mr. Villareal said.

From New York Times