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Uaupés

American  
[wou-pes] / waʊˈpɛs /
Or Waupés

noun

  1. a river in S central Colombia, where it rises and is called the Vaupes, flowing in NW Brazil E and SE to the Rio Negro River. 500 miles (805 km) long.


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Among the tribes of the Uaupés the men have the hair carefully parted and combed on each side, and tied in a queue behind.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

The river Uaupés is a tributary of the Upper Rio Negro, and a voyage up this stream brought us into singular regions.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Tynjur, the, 74 Tyrol, the, brachycephaly in, 512 Uaupés, the, 348 Ude language, 541 Ugrian Finns, the, 317 sqq.,

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

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