Chil ‧ e /ˈtʃɪli/ BrE AmE
a long narrow South American country between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains. Population: 16,295 (2005). Capital: Santiago. The driest desert in the world (the Atacama) is in northern Chile. Between 1973 and 1989, Chile had a very strict military government led by General ↑ Pinochet , but in 1989 it became a ↑ democracy again. ⇨ ↑ Allende
—Chilean noun , adjective