Santarém

American  

[san-tuh-rem, sahn-tah-ran] / ˌsæn təˈrɛm, ˌsɑ̃ tɑˈrɛ̃ /

noun

1. a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.

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Santarém British  

/ səntaˈrə̃j /

noun

1. a port in N Brazil, in Pará state where the Tapajós River flows into the Amazon. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Raimundo Barbosa, who farms cassava and fruit near the town of Boa Esperança outside Santarém in the southeastern Amazon, says when the forest is cleared "the environment is destroyed".

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

In 1982, word arrived of a barely known group called the Zo’é, who lived 200 miles to the north of Santarém.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2022

Auricélia Arapiun, 32, a law student and indigenous leader in Santarém, said that rather than developing the region, the government’s plans would “make the Amazon a desert”.

From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2020

This wheat plantation near Santarém, Brazil, used to be virgin Amazon rainforest.

From Slate • Nov. 29, 2013

We were driving south from Santarém on BR-163, one of the few highways to cut across the Brazilian Amazon.

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2012