Asunción
a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.
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How to use Asunción in a sentence
Corrientes thus became the market-centre of the upper river and replaced Asunción in the trade.
The Argentine Republic | Pierre DenisThe red sandstone hills of the Asunción district rise like an archipelago out of this level bed of lacustrine deposits.
The Argentine Republic | Pierre DenisDo not speak of it further—not even to the deputy in Asunción.
The man in Asunción isn't dead—he's been seen—but he's cut loose.
British Dictionary definitions for Asunción
/ (Spanish asunˈsjon) /
the capital and chief port of Paraguay, on the Paraguay River, 1530 km (950 miles) from the Atlantic. Pop: 1 750 000 (2005 est)
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