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World capital, founded in 1538, formerly known as Chuquisaca
Answer for the clue "World capital, founded in 1538, formerly known as Chuquisaca ", 5 letters:
sucre
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Word definitions for sucre in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
monetary unit of Ecuador, 1886, named for Antonio José de Sucre (1795-1830), Venezuelan general and liberator of Ecuador.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sucre \Su"cre\, n. A silver coin of Ecuador, worth 68 cents.
Usage examples of sucre.
Sucre gripped her from behind while the other man put a large piece of black masking tape across her mouth.
She found their SAMs and their plastique charges, in the chartroom off the bridge, looked again at Sucre, swathed in black and white, spike like a cupid's arrow in his unmoving chest, found the bloodstains on the bed in the cabin she'd been in briefly with Orrick (but could not find the body of the man Orrick had killed), found the three dead radio operators and the dead radio equipment (she tried to make it work, but couldn't even get the jamming signal.