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Canoas

American  
[kuh-noh-uhs, kah-naw-ahs] / kəˈnoʊ əs, kɑˈnɔ ɑs /

noun

  1. a city in SE Brazil, N of Pôrto Alegre.


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Carla Sassi, chairwoman of Grad, a Brazilian nonprofit that rescues animals after disasters, said she met with state government officials in Canoas to discuss emergency measures to rescue pets.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

Pictures emerged on Wednesday of a horse stranded on a rooftop amidst the floodwater in the city of Canoas.

From BBC • May 9, 2024

Migrants, mostly Venezuelans, waiting to board the bus to take them to the border with Nicaragua last month in Paso Canoas, Costa Rica.Credit...

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2023

“If we keep doing more of the same ... we’re going to lose everything,” said state prosecutor Alexander Guterres Thomé, who regularly inspects the Canoas jail.

From Reuters • Apr. 10, 2019

Our specimens have shorter molariform tooth-rows than do those from nearer the type locality, for example, those from Tuxpan, Las Canoas, and Artenkiki, all three places in Jalisco.

From An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico by Bernardo Villa R.

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