Sorata

[ saw-rah-tuh ]

noun
  1. Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6,550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6,485 meters).

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How to use Sorata in a sentence

  • The man who left it on board the Sorata privately discharged himself from one of the Pacific squadron.

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  • Miss Merril turned and looked at him as he sat on the Sorata's counter in the navy cap, and a smile crept into her eyes.

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  • The Sorata went to sea again next morning, and one night a week later she bore up for Vancouver before a westerly breeze.

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  • This range of lofty snow-peaks of surpassing beauty culminates in Mt. Sorata, 21,520 feet high.

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  • In 1781 Sorata was destroyed and the gold country virtually abandoned.

British Dictionary definitions for Sorata

Sorata

/ (Spanish soˈrata) /


noun
  1. Mount Sorata a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes: the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real, with two peaks, Ancohuma, 6550 m (21 490 ft), and Illampu, 6485 m (21 276 ft)

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