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San·ti·a·go

(săn′tē-ä′gō, sän′-)

1. also São Tia·go (souN tē-ä′go͞o, tyä′go͝o) An island of southern Cape Verde in the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is the largest island in the group and the site of the capital, Praia.

2. The capital and largest city of Chile, in the central part of the country east-southeast of Valparaiso. On a plain in the foothills of the Andes, it was founded in 1541.

3. also Santiago de los Ca·bal·le·ros (dā′ lōs kä′bəl-yĕr′ōz, dĕ lōs kä′vä-yĕ′rōs) A city of northern Dominican Republic northwest of Santo Domingo. Settled c. 1500, it is a transportation hub in a fertile agricultural region.

4. also Santiago de Com·pos·te·la (də kŏm′pə-stĕl′ə, thĕ kōm′pōs-tĕ′lä) A city of northwest Spain south-southwest of La Coruña. The city grew around a shrine housing the reputed tomb of Saint James the Great (discovered in the ninth century) and has long been a pilgrimage center.

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Santiago

(ˌsæntɪˈɑːɡəʊ; Spanish sanˈtjaɣo)

1. (Placename) the capital of Chile, at the foot of the Andes: commercial and industrial centre; two universities. Pop: 5 623 000 (2005 est). Official name: Santiago de Chile

2. (Placename) a city in the N Dominican Republic. Pop: 479 000 (2005 est). Official name: Santiago de los Caballeros

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San•ti•a•go

(ˌsæn tiˈɑ goʊ)

n.

1. the capital of Chile, in the central part. 4,858,342.

2. Also called Santia′go de Com•pos•te′la (dəˌkɒm pəˈstɛl ə) a city in NW Spain. 104,045.

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Noun	1.	Santiago - city in the northern Dominican Republic Santiago de los Caballeros Dominican Republic - a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola
	2.	Santiago - a port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center Santiago de Cuba Cuba, Republic of Cuba - a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
	3.	Santiago - the capital and largest city of Chile; located in central Chile; one of the largest cities in South America capital of Chile, Gran Santiago, Santiago de Chile Chile, Republic of Chile - a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
	4.	Santiago - a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape Santiago de Cuba Spanish War, Spanish-American War - a war between the United States and Spain in 1898 Cuba - the largest island in the West Indies

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Santiago

[ˌsæntɪˈɑːgəʊ] N (in Chile) → Santiago m (de Chile); (in Spain) Santiago de Compostela → Santiago m (de Compostela)

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Santiago

[ˌsæntɪˈɑːgəʊ] n (also Santiago de Chile) → Santiago f (del Cile)

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"The Battle of Santiago," some one says, and I answer, "Yes, I've been over the ground." But I do not see the ground, nor Kettle Hill, nor the Peace Tree.

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Valparaiso -- Excursion to the Foot of the Andes -- Structure of the Land -- Ascend the Bell of Quillota -- Shattered Masses of Greenstone -- Immense Valleys -- Mines -- State of Miners -- Santiago -- Hot-baths of Cauquenes -- Gold-mines -- Grinding-mills -- Perforated Stones -- Habits of the Puma -- El Turco and Tapacolo -- Hummingbirds.

Between these outer lines and the main Cordillera, a succession of level basins, generally opening into each other by narrow passages, extend far to the southward: in these, the principal towns are situated, as San Felipe, Santiago, San Fernando.

We were now on the road to Santiago, the capital of Chile.

We crossed a low ridge which separates Guitron from the great plain on which Santiago stands.

I stayed a week in Santiago, and enjoyed myself very much.

-- By the middle of the day we arrived at one of the suspension bridges, made of hide, which cross the Maypu, a large turbulent river a few leagues southward of Santiago. These bridges are very poor affairs.

San Fernando is forty leagues from Santiago; and it was my farthest point southward; for we here turned at right angles towards the coast.

Even at these few miles south of Santiago the climate is much damper; in consequence there are fine tracts of pasturage, which are not irrigated.

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For the truth of the matter is they were knights chosen by the kings of France, and called 'Peers' because they were all equal in worth, rank and prowess (at least if they were not they ought to have been), and it was a kind of religious order like those of Santiago and Calatrava in the present day, in which it is assumed that those who take it are valiant knights of distinction and good birth; and just as we say now a Knight of St.

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"By Saint James of Santiago!" cried Don Pedro, with a tinge of color upon his pale cheeks, "win who will, this has been a most notable contest."

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April Santiago, assigned with the San Juan City police, did not intend to file a case against Tambungan for fear of reprisal, but changed her mind after she was convinced by National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) director Maj.