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Apure

American  
[ah-poo-re] / ɑˈpu rɛ /

noun

  1. a river flowing E from W Venezuela to the Orinoco. about 500 miles (805 km) long.


Apure British  
/ aˈpure /

noun

  1. a river in W Venezuela, rising in the Andes and flowing east to the Orinoco. Length: about 676 km (420 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In March of last year, more than 5,000 people fled from Venezuela’s Apure state into Colombia as fighting intensified between Venezuela’s army and rebel groups.

From Seattle Times Mar. 28, 2022

The operations have been carried out along the porous border between the countries, which divides the Colombian province of Arauca from the Venezuelan state of Apure, HRW said in a report.

From Reuters Mar. 28, 2022

In its report, Human Rights Watch claimed that recent military operations in Apure, have been directed solely against the Joint Eastern Command.

From Seattle Times Mar. 28, 2022

In Colombia’s eastern Arauca province and the neighbouring Apure state in Venezuela, civilians are unable to move freely, forced to obey a strict curfew and taxed on virtually all economic activity.

From The Guardian Jan. 22, 2020

Achaguas.—A small tribe formerly living in Venezuela, between the Apure and Meta rivers.

From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Daniel Garrison Brinton

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