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Manáos

Or Ma·naus

[mah-nous]

noun

  1. a port in and the capital of Amazonas, in northern Brazil, on the Río Negro near its confluence with the Amazon River: about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) from the Atlantic but accessible to some ocean trade.



Manáos

/ məˈnaus /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Manaus

“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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Juliano Carneiro y su prometida Luciana Oliveira, de Manaos Brazil, llevaban bolsas llenas de juguetes, ropa, relojes y gafas para el sol como regalos de temporada para sus familiares.

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Upon the Amazon system, Manaos, one of the great ports of Brazil, is 900 miles from the sea: Iquitos, 2300 miles from salt water, is accessible to the smaller class of ocean steamers.

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He was a trader, and last rainy season he took his vessel up some far backwater, beyond Manaos, with his wife and his little daughter.

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Para is mainly rubber, and Manaos.

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I was transferred to Manaos, up river.

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