Rio Branco

[ ree-oo brahn-koo ]

noun

1. a city in W Brazil.

Rio Branco

/ ˈriu ˈbrəŋku /

noun

1. a city in W Brazil, capital of Acre state. Pop: 261 000 (2005 est)
2. a river in Brazil, flowing south to the Rio Negro. Length: 644 km (400 miles)

Example Sentences

This had been several times proposed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Rio-Branco, p. 154).

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There are some white rivers, as the Rio Branco, whose waters are almost as white as milk itself!

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On the Rio Branco, and among the Tomunda, the moon is a girl who loved her brother and visited him in the dark.

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They were about to start for the Rio Branco on an exploring tour.

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Rio Branco's victory disrupted the Conservative party, and after achieving it he was unable to hold his majority together.

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