| / English Dictionary |
ATACAMA DESERT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A desert in western Chile that extends roughly 600 miles south from the Peruvian border; one of the driest areas in the world, but rich in nitrate and copper deposits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)
Holonyms ("Atacama Desert" is a part of...):
Chile; Republic of Chile (a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
