Putumayo

[ poo-too-mah-yaw ]

/ ˌpu tuˈmɑ yɔ /

noun

a river in NW South America, flowing SE from S Colombia into the Amazon in NW Brazil. 900 miles (1450 km) long.

Portuguese Iça.

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Examples from the Web for putumayo

The first result of the publication of the Putumayo atrocities in the London Press was denial.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise|Walter Hardenburg
As for the Putumayo region, it was practically unknown until the last decade of the nineteenth century.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise|Walter Hardenburg
As a rule, the criminals who controlled the Indian population of the Putumayo were chary of robbing an Indian husband of his wife.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise|Walter Hardenburg
That their large staff of European employees in the sanguinary Putumayo does not exceed eight or ten men at the most.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise|Walter Hardenburg

The Putumayo is a school of the most refined and barbarous crimes!
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise|Walter Hardenburg

British Dictionary definitions for putumayo

Putumayo

/ (Spanish putuˈmajo ) /

noun

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)Brazilian name: Içá

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