Meanings
Altamira1
Altamira2
- A municipality of Pará, Brazil.
The new numbers, showing almost 10,000 sq kms were lost in the year to August, were released as emboldened farm owners scuffled with forest defenders in Altamira, the Amazonian city at the heart of the recent devastation.
2019 November 18, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon deforestation 'at highest level in a decade'”, in The Guardian
Origin
Altamira · proper noun
- SpanishAltamira
- EnglishAltamira
Borrowed from Spanish Altamira, from Galician.
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- PortugueseAltamira
- EnglishAltamira
Borrowed from Portuguese Altamira.
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Cite this entry
Altamira. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Altamira
“Altamira.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Altamira. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Altamira,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Altamira.
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