San·ti·a·go (s n t -ä g , sän-)1. The capital and largest city of Chile, in the central part of the country east-southeast of Valparaiso. On a plain in the foothills of the Andes, it was founded in 1541. Population: 4,830,000. 2. also Santiago de los Ca·bal·le·ros (d  ls käb l-y rz, d ls kävä-yrs) A city of northern Dominican Republic northwest of Santo Domingo. Settled c. 1500, it is a transportation hub in a fertile agricultural region. Population: 507,000. 3. also Santiago de Com·pos·te·la (d k mp-stl,  kmps-tlä) A city of northwest Spain south-southwest of La Coruña. The city grew around a shrine housing the reputed tomb of Saint James the Great (discovered in the ninth century) and has long been a pilgrimage center. Population: 93,700. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Santiago - city in the northern Dominican RepublicDominican Republic - a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola |
| 2. |  Santiago - a port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial centerCuba, Republic of Cuba - a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba | |
| 3. |  Santiago - the capital and largest city of Chile; located in central Chile; one of the largest cities in South AmericaChile, Republic of Chile - a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast | |
| 4. | Santiago - a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape Spanish War, Spanish-American War - a war between the United States and Spain in 1898 Cuba - the largest island in the West Indies |
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