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Arica
[ uh-ree-kuh; Spanish ah-ree-kah ]
noun
- a seaport in N Chile.
- Tacna-Arica
Arica
/ əˈriːkə; aˈrika /
noun
- a port in extreme N Chile: awarded to Chile in 1929 after the lengthy Tacna-Arica dispute with Peru; outlet for Bolivian and Peruvian trade. Pop: 180 000 (2005 est) See also Tacna-Arica
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At Tacna and Arica the earth-shock was less severe, but strange and terrible phenomena followed it.
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At Arica the sea-wave produced even more destructive effects than had been caused by the earthquake.
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This enormous wave was considered by the English vice-consul at Arica to have been fully fifty feet in height.
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At Arica he plundered three small vessels, in one of which he found fifty-seven bars of silver valued at 2006l.
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On the sea-shore below those volcanos stood the hapless city of Arica, whose ruins we saw in the picture.
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