Chilean
/ˈt͡ʃɪli.ən/
Chilean adjective: of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people.
Adjective
Chilean (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people.
- The Chilean Amphijubula Schust. (Schuster, 1970a) which has the facies of a small Frullania and agrees with Frullania in leaf insertion and branching, has a nontiered seta with 16 epidermal cell rows surrounding 4 inner rows.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6
- Gonzalo Lira, a 55-year-old Chilean American who was imprisoned in Ukraine after allegedly spreading Russian propaganda then violating his bail conditions, has died in a Ukrainian jail.2024 January 13, James Bickerton, “Who Is Gonzalo Lira? Pro-Putin American Expat Dies in Ukrainian Jail”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2024
Noun
Chilean (plural Chileans)
- A person from Chile or of Chilean descent.
Chilean meaning in Bengali and Arabic
Chilean in Bengali
- চিলীয়
Chilean in Arabic
- pertaining to a Chilean person or Chileans
- تشيلي, تشيلية
Forms of Chilean
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic, dated) | Chilian |
| Noun | |
| plural | Chileans |
Origin of Chilean
From Chile + -an.
Words formed from Chilean
- Chilean abalone
- Chilean bellflower
- Chilean blue mussel
- Chilean chinchilla
- Chilean cranberry
- Chilean dolphin
- Chilean eagle
- Chilean firebush
- Chilean firetree
- Chilean flamingo
- Chilean guava
- Chilean hazelnut
- Chileanism
- Chileanization
- Chileanize
- Chilean jasmine
- Chilean king crab
- Chilean laurel
- Chilean mill
- Chilean mussel
- Chileanness
- Chilean pine
- Chilean plum yew
- Chilean salad
- Chilean sea bass
- Chilean Sign Language
- Chilean strawberry
- Chilean swallow
- Chilean tinamou
Phrases with Chilean
- Chilean mills
- Chilean pines
- Chilean eagles
- Chilean guavas
- Chilean mussels
- Chilean abalones
- Chilean dolphins
- Chilean swallows
- Chilean tinamous
- Chilean firetrees
- Chilean flamingos
- Chilean firebushes
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Questions about Chilean
- What does Chilean mean?
- Chilean means of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people.
- What is Chilean in Bengali?
- Chilean in Bengali is চিলীয়. See Chilean meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is Chilean?
- Chilean can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Chilean?
- Chilean is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪli.ən/.
Words near Chilean in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Chilean (page history and authors); Chilean (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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