Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An early pre-Incan civilization that flourished in northern and central Peru from about 900 to 200 BC, known for its carved stone sculptures and boldly designed ceramics.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Teresa Chavin , who works at Ms. Charatan's brokerage firm, represented Mr. Durst in connection with the purchase of the Harlem property.
Robert Durst Raises Focus On Harlem Josh Barbanel 2011
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Neither Ms. Charatan nor Ms. Chavin replied to requests for comment.
Robert Durst Raises Focus On Harlem Josh Barbanel 2011
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(Chavin, Huari, Caral, Moche, Tiahuanaco, Inka, etc.) in Peru and in other places deserve admiration or whatever you want to call it, judging them by the standards of 4000 yrs ago or more.
Peru Update Bill Crider 2007
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(Chavin, Huari, Caral, Moche, Tiahuanaco, Inka, etc.) in Peru and in other places deserve admiration or whatever you want to call it, judging them by the standards of 4000 yrs ago or more.
Peru Update Bill Crider 2007
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The most ancient cultures seem to have developed in the northern part of the park; the remains at the Cueva del Guitanero in Yungay date back 2,000 years before the Chavin culture, spreading from Carhuaz to Pomabamba.
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Chavin of Dieppe, whom Champlain appointed acting commander of Quebec in 1609–10.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Chavin of Dieppe, whom Champlain appointed acting commander of Quebec in 1609–10.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Early Ancon and Early Supe culture,: Chavin horizon sites of the Central Peruvian coast, (Columbia studies in archeology and ethnology) by Gordon Randolph Willey
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However, the Chavin report concluded that the MSE was part of an international banking conspiracy linked to both Jewish and American interests, which aimed to install ostensibly synarchist governments in every country that would actually be controlled by a bank.
The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006
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But the immediate result of the Chavin report was that Pucheu sacked Chavin—who was duly exiled to the Bouches-du-Rhône as a prefect—and tried to silence the press in Paris though the reporters were ultimately protected by the German authorities.
The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006
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