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guayaquil

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What does guayaquil mean?

proper noun

  1. 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.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
Think of the Andes, the luxuriant forest of Guayaquil, the islands of the South Sea, and New South Wales.
Charles DarwinLife and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2087
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From Quito he went to Guayaquil, from there by steamer to Buenaventura, and thence by rail, twelve miles, to Cordova.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
I pursued this task carefully in both hemispheres, at sea, and during my abode at Lima, at Guayaquil, and at Mexico.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322
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.
Richard Henry DanaTwo Years Before the MastProject Gutenberg ebook #2055