Valparaiso

American  

[val-puh-rahy-zoh, -soh] / ˌvæl pəˈraɪ zoʊ, -soʊ /

noun

1. Spanish Valparaíso.  a seaport in central Chile.

2. a city in NW Indiana.

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Valparaíso British  

/ balparaˈiso /

noun

1. a port in central Chile, on a wide bay of the Pacific: the third largest city and chief port of Chile; two universities. Pop: 275 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

The 14,800-kilometer Humboldt cable, currently being built between Valparaiso and Sydney, will be the first between South America and the Asia-Pacific.

From Barron's

Kast will be sworn in before Congress in the central coastal city of Valparaiso.

From Barron's

Thomas Albert Howard is a professor of humanities and holds the Duesenberg Chair in Ethics at Valparaiso University.

From The Wall Street Journal

The regional prosecutor for Valparaiso, Claudia Perivancich, said investigators have evidence the two men agreed “in advance to carry out conduct of this type when the weather conditions were adequate.”

From Seattle Times

My alma mater, Valparaiso University, is now preparing to join in the self-destruction.

From Salon