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Chimborazo

noun
1.
A mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high).





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"Chimborazo" Quotes from Famous Books



... mountain's weight; Who for a swallow's nest leaves one old castle wall, Who lets for famished beetles savory apples fall, Who bids a pigmy win where Titans fail, in yoke, And, in what we deem fruitless roar and smoke, Makes Etna, Chimborazo, still His praises sing, And saves a city by a word lapped 'neath ...
— Poems • Victor Hugo
... was but thirteen or so I went into a golden land, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi Took me by ...
— Georgian Poetry 1916-17 • Various
... in spite of their fire and smoke, appear but insignificant pigmies compared to that mighty mountain which rises in their neighbourhood—the majestic Chimborazo. We could see far off its snow-white dome, free of clouds, towering into the deep blue sky, many thousand feet above the ocean; while on the other side its brother, Tunguragua, shoots up above the surrounding heights, but, in spite of its ambitious efforts, has failed to reach the same altitude I ...
— On the Banks of the Amazon • W.H.G. Kingston


Words linked to "Chimborazo" :   mountain peak, Andes, Republic of Ecuador, Ecuador


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