Cuiabá
Americannoun
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a river in SW Brazil. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
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a port in W Brazil, on the Cuiabá River.
noun
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a port in W Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso state, on the Cuibá River. Pop: 777 000 (2005 est)
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a river in SW Brazil, rising on the Mato Grosso plateau and flowing southwest into the São Lourenço River. Length: 483 km (300 miles)
Example Sentences
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Many restrictions on movement are still in place in Rio and in the three other host cities, Brasilia, Goiania and Cuiabá.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2021
She brought them all the way from her home state, where they are part of the collection of the Federal University of Mato Grosso in Cuiabá.
From Nature ● Jul. 15, 2019
When I arrived in Cuiabá, two days later, none of the tribes had agreed to my visit.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2005
In the hotel room in Cuiabá, as Pinage leaned over my shoulder, I spread the copies of Fawcett’s papers on a table.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2005
Pinage and I agreed that the documents confirmed that Fawcett and his team, after leaving Cuiabá, had proceeded north, to the territory of the Bakairí Indians.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2005
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