Essequibo
[es-i-kwee-boh]
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noun
a river flowing from S Guyana N to the Atlantic. About 550 miles (885 km) long.
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Its really the mouth of two big rivers--the Demerara and the Essequibo.
The Radio Detectives in the JungleA. Hyatt Verrill
Demerary and Essequibo surrendered by capitulation from the French.
The Every Day Book of History and ChronologyJoel Munsell
Dutch colonies of Demerara and Essequibo surrendered to the British.
The Every Day Book of History and ChronologyJoel Munsell
It was much more perilous to descend than to ascend the falls in the Essequibo.
Wanderings in South AmericaCharles Waterton
In two days after this we got to the first falls in the Essequibo.
Wanderings in South AmericaCharles Waterton
Essequibo
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