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Guayaquil
[ gwah-yah-keel ]
noun
- a seaport in western Ecuador, on the Gulf of Guayaquil.
- Gulf of Guyaquil, an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southwestern Ecuador.
Guayaquil
/ ɡwajaˈkil /
noun
- a port in W Ecuador: the largest city in the country and its chief port; university (1867). Pop: 2 387 000 (2005 est)
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His attention was soon attracted to the discontents which had arisen at Guayaquil, where the Colombians had become unpopular.
In northern Peru and Guayaquil, the platano fruit is prepared for food in a variety of ways.
Of tropical fruits, the number is not so great in Peru as in the more northerly district of Guayaquil.
She was the big ferry boat that carried the railroad passengers across the river to Guayaquil.
Off Guayaquil one night three of the crew found him alone on the deck and rushed him overboard.
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