Rondônia

American  

[rawn-daw-nyah] / rɔ̃ˈdɔ nyɑ /

noun

1. a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Pôrto Velho.

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Rondônia British  

/ rõˈdonja /

noun

1. Former name (until 1956): Guaporé.  a state of W Brazil: consists chiefly of tropical rainforest; a centre of the Amazon rubber boom until about 1912. Capital: Porto Velho. Pop: 1 431 777 (2002). Area: 243 043 sq km (93 839 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

As I'm sure you saw, a research team in the Brazilian state of Rondônia discovered an 18th century Portuguese colonial city.

From Salon

"He suggested that, given our opportunity to collect stingless bees in Rondônia, we should also include orchid bees in our research," Brown said.

From Science Daily

"To achieve this, we developed the methodology with the assistance of two young beekeepers from the region who temporarily abandoned their farming activities to join us in collecting bees throughout the state of Rondônia. Due to various commitments, publication was delayed. Fortunately, the scientific community appreciates the sharing of long-past data and observations."

From Science Daily

In part, this is because the survey covered a much broader geographic area -- the entire state of Rondônia -- than previous studies of orchid bees.

From Science Daily

A survey of orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon state of Rondônia, carried out in the 1990s, is shedding new light the impact of deforestation on the scent-collecting pollinators, which some view as bellwethers of biodiversity in the neotropics.

From Science Daily