Patos

[ pat-uhs; Portuguese pah-toos ]

noun

1. La·go·a dos Patos [l, uh, -, gaw, -, uh, d, oo, s , pat, -, uh, s], a lagoon on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Brazil: Pôrto Alegre is on the lagoon. About 150 miles (240 kilometers) long and 30 miles (48 kilometers) wide.

Example Sentences

His principal hacienda was at Patos, but he had others, as at Parras and Bonanza.

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At Pelotas, a sea-level port on Laga dos Patos, the mean annual temperature is about 63 and the annual rainfall about 42 in.

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The Patos Mountains, across the valley, seemed so close that one might lay his hand upon them.

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And hard by euen with this Iland is Porto de Patos, which standest in 29 degrees.

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One day a fine young fellow named Magesa, a chief's son of the Patos tribe, came to me, pulling a long face.

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