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Encarnación

[ eng-kahr-nah-syawn ]

/ ˌɛŋ kɑr nɑˈsyɔn /

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noun

a city in SE Paraguay, on the Paraná River.

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Words nearby Encarnación

encamp, encampment, encapsulant, encapsulate, encapsule, Encarnación, encarnalize, encarpus, en carré, encase, encasement

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"Nevertheless, the contrary is the case," replied Doa Encarnacion, with asperity.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
But presently the Encarnacion will be sufficiently close to perceive that here all is not as it should be.
Captain Blood|Rafael Sabatini
The Admiral's Encarnacion, which we already know, was a mighty galleon of forty-eight great guns and eight small.
Captain Blood|Rafael Sabatini
Santa Clara and the Encarnacion are also large establishments, and well endowed.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi

We arranged all Encarnacion's mother's chairs in a neat circle in our entrada and waited.
Poor Folk in Spain|Jan Gordon

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