Bío-Bío

[ bee-aw-bee-aw ]

/ ˈbi ɔˈbi ɔ /

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noun

a river in central Chile, flowing northwest from the Andes to the Pacific Ocean at Concepción. About 240 miles (384 kilometers) long.

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How to use Bío-Bío in a sentence

That tweet came from Shay Horse, whose bio lists him as an independent photojournalist with ties to Occupy Wall Street.
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In her Twitter profile bio, writer Liz Tuccillo calls herself a “relationship know-it-all.”
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Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America, and one of the most bio-diverse and beautiful.
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A brief bio is to be found in a deposition she gave in the criminal case before the felony charge was dropped.
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This renewable (I mean renewed every single damn day) bio-energy (otherwise known as fetid rot) helps keep the coop warm.
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All this is part of a vast new science which is called bio-chemistry, or the chemistry of life.
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He has a sense of humor about all things except this sacred bio-chemistry.
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Or bio-weapons; a man-made plague that had gotten out of control and all but depopulated the planet.
Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper
The same law holds good in bio-geography; here, too, area gives strength and a small territorial foothold means weakness.
Influences of Geographic Environment|Ellen Churchill Semple
The relation of life to the earth's area is a fundamental question of bio-geography.
Influences of Geographic Environment|Ellen Churchill Semple

British Dictionary definitions for Bío-Bío

Bío-Bío

/ (Spanish ˈbiːoˈbiːo) /

noun

a river in central Chile, rising in the Andes and flowing northwest to the Pacific. Length: about 390 km (240 miles)

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