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Where did the word Chile come from?

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Chileans speak a Spanish, but a Chilean dialect thereof. There are also some loan words from the Mapudungun and the Quechua langauge.

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There are many theories, but most historians think it comes from the native Incan word of "chilli" which might mean the "where the land ends" or "endland"

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Some say it is a quechua (native) word which means "Where the land ends"

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