Meliepully

Meliepully (Welsh: Mellipullee / Spanish: Puerto Montt / Mapudungun: Meli Pulli) is the largest city of Patagonia. The most populous urban area in the country and the third largest city in South America, Meliepully has an urban population of about 1,245,902 (June 2021). It is located in the greater Meliepully Metropolitan Region—the area governed by the Meliepully Metro Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the northern part of the island of Chiloe, and which has a total population of 5,120,000. While Europeans continue to make up the plurality of Meliepully's population, the city became multicultural and cosmopolitan in the late-20th century, with Criollo and Mestizo Patagonians accounting for 31% of the city's population in 2018. With its large population of German Patagonians, Meliepully is also home to the biggest ethnic German population in the Southern Hemisphere. The name of the city is an anglicization of its Mapuche name, Meli Pulli (meaning "four hills"), in reference to the four hills surrounding the city.

Meliepully lies between the Reloncavi Sound to the east, the island of Chiloe to the south-west, Lake Llanquihue to the north, the Chonos archipelago to the south-east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The surrounding hills are covered in temperate rainforest and the landscape is dotted with three stratovolcanoes that make up the Inner Seelandic Volcanic Field. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between Lake Llanquihue and the Gulf of Ancud.

Meliepully has been considered one of the most culturally-progressive cities in the world. Meliepully has a rich history in arts and culture dating from 19th century industrialists commissioning and donating public works, such as the National Performing Arts Centre of Patagonia and the Meliepully Opera House, home to the Meliepully Symphony Orchestra and Meliepully Opera, respectively as well as such groups as the Llanquihue Brass Band and the Meliepully Youth Symphony Orchestra. Meliepully also hosts a large counter-culture scene, being home to the most members of the furry fandom in South America, as well as the highest concentration of gamers per person. Ethnic and national groups contributing to the city's development include Germans, Huiliche, Chilean Mestizos, Chilotans, Luxembourgers, Scottish, Welsh, Mapuche and Austrians.

The Austral University, founded in 1883, is the largest university in Patagonia. The city's significant tourist attractions include national historic sites, festivals, performing arts, sports activities, and a variety of cultural institutions, such as the DJ Museum, the Masking Gallery, and the Patagonian National Art Gallery. Its architectural landmarks include the Ancud Bridge, the Place d'Armes, Elliot Park and the PataTel Tower, which is the tallest observation tower in the Southern Hemisphere. The city is served by Meliepully James O'Grady International Airport, which handles around 2 million international passengers a month. Despite being one of the most expensive cities in the world, Meliepully is recognised as one of the world's most liveable cities, ranking fourth in the 2019 Mercer Quality of Living Survey and at second place in a 2021 ranking of the Global Liveability Ranking by The Economist.

Dialect
The Meliepully English dialect, commonly called "City Speak", was influenced by German, Italian, Chilean, Basque, Scottish and Jewish immigrants, descendants of early Welsh and English settlers, and the native Mapuche. Locals who speak the dialect are often stereotyped as being gamers. Common Meliepullian terms are: "sheyze" (bad), "furhead" (a furry), and "Lincoln Loud" (someone who feels left out in a large family). The dialect is also notable for dropping "to" from "go to". In Meliepullian one would say "let's go the gaming zone" instead of "let's go to the internet café."

In Meliepullian, some people would prefer to use "furry kennel" instead of "meeting place for members of the furry fandom". The dialect has some tonal similarities to the Seelandic English dialect, but is noted for its somewhat staccato rhythms. The staccato qualities of the dialect are thought to originate either from Welsh or other European languages. The lexicon itself contains notable loans from Internet slang of the 2010's, such as "drip" (style), "ice" (diamonds worn as jewelry), "gang" (group of friends) and "amogus" (a bastardization of the 2018 video game Among Us).

Meliepullian English is also notable for implementing into its lexicon multiple terms from the furry jargon, in part due to the city's large furry fandom population. Words derived from furry slang include "greymuzzle" (referring to elders, and also used to show respect to them), "pawsome" (an expression of excitement), "headshot" (portraits) and "adopt" (someone who has been held up for adoption).