Chile is Not a Pepper

I get inquiries every so often about Chile, the country, and its relationship to the chili pepper. Fact: Chile’s shape on the map looks like a chili pepper. Fiction: Chile was named after a pepper. Chile’s name originates in the Quechua chin (“cold”), tchili (“snow”), or chilli (“where the land ends”). While Chile wasn’t named [...]

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Posted February 28, 2008 in Ask Pepe, Culture | Add Your Comment »