Meaning of chipano by JOHN

CHIPANO 1 . surname of Venezuelan origin. In 2022 about 135 people have that surname. Its origin and meaning are unknown. 2 . CHIPANA is the first naval combat of the War of the Pacific, in 1879, a week after the war was declared, in which Chile faces the Peruvian-Bolivian confederation at Punta Chipana. Israel built in 1973 an INS missile boat "Keshet" meaning bow and was the first ship to participate in a war using missiles in the Six-Day War and then in Egypt in Balrim and Dambieta, in addition to other operations. A twin ship INS "Reshev" was built and both were acquired by the Chilean Navy in December 1980, baptizing them as LM-31 CHIPANA and LM32 Angamos, place where another naval combat was held. of 1879; where Chile captured the battleship Huáscar to Peru. 3 . Chipano would be the name of the inhabitants of the island CHIPANA, in the Wellington archipelago, in the southern region of Chile, corresponding to the region of Magellan and Antarctic Territory, where formerly the Kawésqar looked.