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Chimborazo

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Chim·bo·ra·zo  (chmb-räz, -r-, chmb-räs)
An extinct volcano, 6,271.1 m (20,561 ft) high, in central Ecuador. The highest elevation of the Cordillera Real, it was first scaled in 1880.
Chimborazo [ˌtʃɪmbəˈrɑːzəʊ -ˈreɪ- (Spanish) tʃimboˈraθo]
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(Placename) an extinct volcano in central Ecuador, in the Andes: the highest peak in Ecuador. Height: 6267 m (20 561 ft.)
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Noun1.ChimborazoChimborazo - a mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high)
Ecuador, Republic of Ecuador - a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes
Andes - a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast


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