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Spanish
Etymology
Named after John Williams Wilson, British settler who founded Fuerte Bulnes, the first settlement in the Strait of Magellan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˌpweɾto wiˈʝjams/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˌpweɾto wiˈʎjams/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˌpweɾto wiˈʃjams/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌpweɾto wiˈʒjams/
- Syllabification: Puer‧to Wi‧lliams
Proper noun
Puerto Williams ?
- Puerto Williams (a city, the capital of Antártica Chilena, Magallanes, Chile)