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Rio Claro

American  
[ree-oo klah-roo] / ˈri ʊ ˈklɑ rʊ /

noun

  1. a city in São Paulo state, in SE Brazil.


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In 1938, Salvador da Silva was born to a musical family, in the small Brazilian city of Rio Claro.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2018

The imam in Rio Claro, Nazim Mohammed, denied running an Islamic State training program, and insisted that he operated an elementary school and a weekly food program for the poor.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2017

He said about 15 or 20 of the Islamic State recruits spent two weeks before their trips at a mosque in Rio Claro, about 50 miles southeast of Port of Spain.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2017

On the third, fourth and seventh days of World War II he sank the British merchantmen Bosnia, Rio Claro and Gartavon respectively.

From Time Magazine Archive

He then fortified himself on the banks of the Rio Claro and sent out spies into the country of the enemy.

From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III by Morris, Charles