Paysandú

[ pahy-sahn-doo ]

noun

1. a city in W Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.

Paysandú

/ paisanˈdu /

noun

1. a port in W Uruguay, on the Uruguay River: the third largest city in the country. Pop: 73 272 (2004)

Example Sentences

The populations of Paysandu and Montevideo greatly increased.

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It is navigable up to Paysandu for ships of great tonnage, and up to Salto for coast trading boats.

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Maritime navigation goes beyond the estuary and beyond Paysandu, as far as the rapids which prevent further advance at Salto.

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The anti-Florés party were crushed by the siege and capture of Paysandu late in 1864.

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And I had had a tooth pulled in Paysandu, the second largest city in Uruguay.

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