Callao
Americannoun
noun
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The album's release was preceded by a series of promotional appearances, including a mass gathering last month of fans who crowded Madrid's central Callao square after Rosalia invited them online to join her.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
Some sources say that it was Cajarma, her father’s native city, while her official page assures us that it was Callao, a province of Lima.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2022
Diomar Perez, a gold trader in El Callao, said he used to buy 200 grams a day from artisanal miners.
From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2022
Starting in 2005, he lived in Callao, on Virginia’s Northern Neck, and telecommuted with the Arlington, Va., firm Fletcher, Heald and Hildreth before retiring in 2014.
From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2021
Between 1883 and 1887 the El Callao mine in South America and the Mount Morgan in Australia helped greatly to enlarge the output, and then in 1807 the 'Randt' began to yield of its riches.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
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