Solimões

proper noun

Upper stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil from its confluence with the Rio Negro upstream to the border of Peru.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Upper stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil from its confluence with the Rio Negro upstream to the border of Peru.

Origin

  1. PortugueseSolimões
  2. EnglishSolimões

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese Solimões.

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APA

Solimões. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Solim%C3%B5es

MLA

“Solimões.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Solim%C3%B5es. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Solimões,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Solim%C3%B5es.

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