Orinoco

[ awr-uh-noh-koh, ohr-; Spanish aw-ree-naw-kaw ]

noun

1. a river in N South America, flowing N from the border of Brazil, along the E border of Colombia, and NE through Venezuela to the Atlantic. 1,600 miles (2,575 km) long.

Orinoco

/ ˌɒrɪˈnəʊkəʊ /

noun

1. a river in N South America, rising in S Venezuela and flowing west, then north as part of the border between Colombia and Venezuela, then east to the Atlantic by a great delta: the third largest river system in South America, draining an area of 945 000 sq km (365 000 sq miles); reaches a width of 22 km (14 miles) during the rainy season. Length: about 2575 km (1600 miles)

Example Sentences

I wonder if Sean Penn will be on site to protest a facility that can handle the Orinoco oil sands?

From The Daily Beast

No toleration of pseudo-paganism, as had been done on the waters of the Orinoco, the Parana and the Paraguay.

From Project Gutenberg

He had witnessed a similar one many281 a time, and so does every one who travels either on the Amazon or the Orinoco.

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Presently, however, he came to the mouth of the Orinoco, whose mighty current proved to him that it poured from a continent.

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It is watered by the Orinoco, one of the largest rivers of the world, which empties into the Atlantic by about fifty mouths.

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The natives were friendly and told of vast deposits of gold far up the river Orinoco.

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