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Magallanes

/maɡaˈʝanes/

proper noun/maɡaˈʝanes/

a surname from Portuguese, a form of Magalhães; a region of Chile; a province of Chile; a department of Chile; a province of Chile (first-level division) until 1974.

Borrowed from Portuguese Magalhães. The places are named after Ferdinand Magellan (Fernando de Magallanes in Spanish)