Putumayo

American  

[poo-too-mah-yaw] / ˌpu tuˈmɑ yɔ /

noun

1. a river in NW South America, flowing SE from S Colombia into the Amazon in NW Brazil. 900 miles (1,450 km) long.

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Putumayo British  

/ putuˈmajo /

noun

1. Brazilian name: Içá.  a river in NW South America, rising in S Colombia and flowing southeast as most of the border between Colombia and Peru, entering the Amazon in Brazil: scene of the Putumayo rubber scandal (1910–11) during the rubber boom, in which many Indians were enslaved and killed by rubber exploiters. Length: 1578 km (980 miles)

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Example Sentences

Other hotspots for recruitment were Putumayo and Cauca Valley, where the conditions of violence are similar.

From BBC

"If you look at where these attacks are happening, it's in the departments of Cauca, Nariño, Putumayo, Arauca, Norte de Santander and Caquetá, because that's where the biggest coca plantations are, and where the illegal mining is."

From BBC

It is most active in the provinces of Caquetá, Guaviare, Meta and Putumayo.

From BBC

Darkness had descended on Colombia's southern Putumayo province one February night last year when gunfire roared through the air, shattering the peaceful dusk.

From Reuters

Darkness had descended on Colombia's southern Putumayo province one February night last year when gunfire roared through the air, shattering the peaceful dusk.

From Reuters