Chile

Revision History

loadingDate    Editor    Name ID    Change Summary
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM Mike C chile added (from user-submitted name 291794)
5/27/2020, 1:42 PM Lucille 291794 merge 2 names
5/27/2020, 1:32 PM LionB3 335581 initial state of 335581
4/14/2020, 3:54 PM HL 291794
4/12/2020, 2:27 AM Lucille 291794
11/6/2018, 12:37 PM danielle170 291794 initial state of 291794

Type Country
Usage Spanish, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Portuguese, Romanian, Georgian
Scripts ჩილე(Georgian)
Pronounced Pron. CHEE-leh(Spanish, Polish, Hungarian) CHIL-eh(English) CHIL-ee(English) CHEE-lə(German) KHEE-lə(German) CHI-leh(Czech) CHEE-LEH(Georgian)

Meaning & History

The name of a country in South America, possibly from Quechua chiri meaning "cold" or Mapuche chülle meaning "seagull". This name was applied to the region by the conquistador Diego de Almagro.