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Tac⋅na-A⋅ri⋅ca

  [tak-nuh-uh-ree-kuh; Sp. tahk-nah-ah-ree-kah]
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–noun
a maritime region in W South America: long in dispute between Chile and Peru; annexed by Chile 1883; divided as a result of arbitration 1929 into a Peruvian department (Tacna) and a Chilean department (Arica).
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Tac·na   (tāk'nə, täk'nä)   
A town of southern Peru north of Arica, Chile. The object of a long-standing dispute between Peru and Chile, it became part of Peru in 1929. Population: 280,000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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