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Manaus

British  
/ məˈnaus /

noun

  1. a port in N Brazil, capital of Amazonas state, on the Rio Negro 19 km (12 miles) above its confluence with the Amazon: chief commercial centre of the Amazon basin. Pop: 1 673 000 (2005 est)

"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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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

Clandestina, who hails from the Amazon city of Manaus, embraced Pedrosa during a press preview marking her Venice debut.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 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

She and her family had just returned from the Amazonian city of Manaus and had been checked and cleared by Brazilian doctors before departure.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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