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guayaquil
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What does guayaquil mean?
proper noun
- The capital of the state of Guayas, Ecuador, and the largest city in Ecuador.
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At Guayaquil it is said that a heavy shower in the dry season is invariably followed by an earthquake.
Think of the Andes, the luxuriant forest of Guayaquil, the islands of the South Sea, and New South Wales.
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From Quito he went to Guayaquil, from there by steamer to Buenaventura, and thence by rail, twelve miles, to Cordova.
I pursued this task carefully in both hemispheres, at sea, and during my abode at Lima, at Guayaquil, and at Mexico.
We afterwards learned that she was built at Guayaquil, and named the Ayacucho, after the place where the battle was fought that gave Peru her independence, and was now owned by a Scotchman named Wilson, who commanded her, and was engaged in the trade between Callao, the Sandwich Islands, and California.