Chimbote

American  

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

noun

1. a city in northwestern Peru, on the western coast at the mouth of the Santa River.

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Chimbote British  

/ tʃimˈbote /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

The Chinese government responded by creating in Chimbote, Peru, a Communist Party chapter specifically for fishing-boat workers abroad.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

In August 2019, the vessel entered the Peruvian port of Chimbote to leave a crew member with a kidney infection that required emergency care.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2023

Its biggest port, Chimbote, lands more fish than the entire Spanish fleet catches in a year.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2012

In the north-coast town of Chimbote, the population has exploded from 5,000 to 150,000 in the past 20 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

He longed to placard and arrange scarabs in a plate-glass case and to classify Chimbote pottery and on bank holidays to push a go-cart in the park.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville