Arica
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See also: -arica
English
Etymology
Uncertain. Rómulo Cúneo Vidal said that the word comes from Aymara ari (crag) + iqui (place to sleep). Manuel A. Quiroga said that the word comes from ari (phylum) + aka (tip). Carlos Auza Arce said that it comes from ari (hill) + acca (neighboring).
Proper noun
Arica
Translations
Chilean city
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: A‧ri‧ca
Proper noun
Arica f
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Arica m
- Arica (a province in northern Chile)
- Arica (a city, the provincial capital of Arica, Chile)
- (historical) A department of Chile