Napo
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The collision happened in the early hours of Friday morning at the junction of the Napo and Amazon rivers, causing "severe damage", Peru's defence ministry said.
From BBC • May 2, 2025
Napo Pineda, 21, and Daniel Moreno, 24, arrive in matching Girl Ultra T-shirts and are quick to join the forming line.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024
The expedition, led by Peruvian paleontologist Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi, former postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Paleontology at UZH, traversed more than 300 kilometers of the Napo River.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024
Police commander Fausto Martínez said four suspects were arrested in connection with the explosions in Napo.
From Washington Times • Sep. 1, 2023
Nine days and six hundred miles down the Napo, Orellana found villages with food—a society he called Omagua.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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