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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An extinct volcano, 6,267 m (20,561 ft) high, in central Ecuador. The highest elevation of the Cordillera Real, it was first scaled in 1880.
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- proper noun An
inactive volcano in centralEcuador , whose peak is the highest in the country and the furthest point from the centre of theEarth .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high)
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Punknews.org 2009
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Among other things, in the six exciting years of their marriage she had climbed Chimborazo with him, made a three-thousand-mile winter journey with dogs and sleds in Alaska, ridden a horse from Canada to Mexico, cruised the Mediterranean in a ten-ton yawl, and canoed from Germany to the Black Sea across the heart of Europe.
Bunches of Knuckles 2010
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Diego Chimborazo, a police officer who was in the hospital for knee surgery, and another doctor gave similar accounts to Expreso of the senseless military strike.
What Really Happened in Ecuador Mary Anastasia O'Grady 2010
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The road ran from sea level at Duran up to twelve thousand feet on Chimborazo and down to ten thousand at Quito on the other side the range.
THE HUSSY 2010
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In 2002, he spent a year in South America, climbing the Andean peaks Cerro Cuerno, Aconcagua, Antisana, El Altar, and Chimborazo, for a book on mountaineering that never got written.
John Wray biography 2009
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It was a lovely April night, not a breath of wind, and a tremendous big moon shining right over the top of Chimborazo.
THE HUSSY 2010
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A sprawling institution located on the western boundary of Richmond, Chimborazo began receiving patients in 1862 and was eventually expanded to 150 wards.
Jewish Women in the Military - Nurses - Phoebe Yates Levy Pember 2010
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The pain, suffering and death at Chimborazo from battlefield casualties was greatly compounded by severe shortages of personnel, medicine, food, and equipment.
Jewish Women in the Military - Nurses - Phoebe Yates Levy Pember 2010
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In their six years of marriage, Minnie and Boyd have climbed Chimborazo, made a 3,000-mile winter journey with dogs in Alaska, ridden a horse from Canada to Mexico, and cruised in the Black Sea.
“Samuel! There was a rolling wonder in the sound. Ay, there was!” 2008
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