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Pisco (pēs`kō), city (1993 pop. 53,714), capital of Pisco prov., SW Peru, a port on the Pacific Ocean. The major industries are the production of the famous Pisco brandy, the cultivation and processing of cotton, and commercial fishing. On the adjacent Paracas Paracas (pärä`käs), Native American culture of ancient Peru. ..... Click the link for more information. peninsula are ruins from a pre-Inca civilization. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They had five children: Bertha, now of Chiclayo, Peru; Carlos, of Pisco, Peru; Gloria, of Lancaster; and Wilfredo and Abraham, both of Ica. On numerous evenings, I drank Pisco Sours, the Peruvian national booze that turned me into a veritable Chatty Cathy. There, the vineyards of muscatel grapes--used to make a brandy called pisco, Chile's national drink--form a stunningly green band between the awesomely steep and arid slopes of the Andes. |
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