Tocantins
Americannoun
noun
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a state of N Brazil, created from the northern part of Goiás state in 1988. Capital: Palmas. Pop: 1 207 014 (2002). Area: 278 421 sq km (107 499 sq miles)
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a river in E Brazil, rising in S central Goiás state and flowing generally north to the Pará River. Length: about 2700 km (1700 miles)
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The second part of the name, "Tocantinensis," refers to the Tocantins River because the fossil site lies near its eastern bank.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Four people are known to have died, and more than 10 are missing after the central span of the bridge linking Tocantins and Maranhão states gave way on Sunday afternoon.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2024
The line connects Santos port to farm states Tocantins, Goias, Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso, reinforcing another key route to get Brazilian harvests to global markets.
From Reuters ● Aug. 24, 2023
For his master’s thesis, Luz went to Tocantins in 2004 to study the Xerénte, a group that spoke Portuguese widely and had long been in contact with the outside world.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
The aborigines were originally very numerous on the western bank of the Tocantins; the principal tribe being the Cametás, from which the city takes its name.
From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Thomas Bulfinch
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