Matto Grosso
Americannoun
noun
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They are polished, polite, of good Matto Grosso family.
From Time Magazine Archive
Avowed purpose of the expedition was to ascertain the mysterious fate of Colonel Fawcett, British explorer lost in the Matto Grosso with two other men in 1925.
From Time Magazine Archive
Born in the Matto Grosso jungle, 32-year-old Author Spinelli, now a U. S. citizen, draws on his own boyhood for good jungle descriptions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Much of the richest land in the great interior State of Matto Grosso is inhabited by aboriginal isolationists.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lopez followed up the seizure of the boat by an expedition up the Paraguay River against Matto Grosso, and easily conquered the principal southern settlements in that province.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
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