Pirapóra

[pee-rah-paw-rah]

noun

1. a city in E Brazil.

Example Sentences

This great railway runs from the city of Rio de Janeiro westward to the city of S�o Paulo and northward into the interior of Minas Geraes, with a total length at the beginning of 1905 of 1002 m., and an extension of about 104 m. to Pirapora, on the S�o Francisco river.

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Two subsidized companies maintain services on the S�o Francisco river—one below the Paulo Affonso falls, and the other above, the latter covering 854 m. of navigable channel between Joazeiro and Pirapora.

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