- a variation of Manáos.
Manaus
Britishnoun
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The Brazilian government also denounced “degrading treatment” of its citizens after some deportees walked off a nonmilitary U.S. plane on Saturday in the northern city of Manaus in handcuffs and leg shackles.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025
In Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, the first cases in the current outbreak were detected near recently deforested areas.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 4, 2024
Brown conducted all the fieldwork in 1996 based on a methodology developed with Marcio Oliveira, currently of the National Institute for Amazonian Research in Manaus, who was a fellow graduate student at the time.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024
In Manaus, the region´s largest city, the more than 2 million residents choked for months on wildfire smoke.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024
English-language maps usually put Manaus at the meeting of the Negro and the Solimoes, with the latter changing its name back to Amazon upstream.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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