Concepción

American  

[kawn-sep-syawn, kuhn-sep-see-ohn, -sep-shuhn] / ˌkɔn sɛpˈsyɔn, kənˌsɛp siˈoʊn, -ˈsɛp ʃən /

noun

1. a city in central Chile, near the mouth of the Bío-Bío River.

2. a city in central Paraguay, on the Paraguay River.

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Concepción British  

/ konθepˈθjon /

noun

1. an industrial city in S central Chile. Pop: 378 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

These findings are the result of nearly ten years of collaborative work between Araneda's lab at UMD and the laboratory of María de los Ángeles García-Robles at the University of Concepción, the project's principal investigator.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

The most dangerous fire has swept through dry forests bordering the coastal city of Concepción.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Her father, Leonardo, was a construction worker who was born in Los Angeles but raised in Casas Grandes, Mexico, and her mother, Concepción, was a homemaker from Mexico.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2023

Gloria Molina was born in 1948 to Concepción and Leonardo Molina, a homemaker and construction worker with roots in the town of Casa Grandes in Chihuahua, Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2023

Gold is found in nearly all the provinces from Antofagasta to Concepción, and in Llanquihue, Chiloé and Magallanes territory, but the output is not large.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various