Iquitos
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The fish is sold in nearby cities, including Leticia, Colombia, Tabatinga, Brazil, and Iquitos, Peru.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2022
It got so bad that authorities last year secretly buried hundreds of pandemic victims in unmarked graves in a cleared patch of jungle about 12 miles outside Iquitos.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2021
Constance Bauer told AP via email that her son is stuck with other Americans in the Amazonian city of Iquitos.
From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2020
On the first papal visit to the Amazon since John Paul II visited the northern Peruvian city of Iquitos in 1985, the Argentine pope said he had heard the “cry of the people.”
From Reuters • Jan. 19, 2018
Seagoing vessels travel all the way up to Iquitos, Peru, 2,300 miles from the river’s mouth, the furthest inland deep-ocean port in the world.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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