Manáos

[mah-nous]

Ma·náos

[mah-nous]
noun
a port in and the capital of Amazonas, in N Brazil, on the Río Negro near its confluence with the Amazon: about 1000 miles (1600 km) from the Atlantic but accessible to some ocean trade. 642,582.
Also, Manaus.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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A·ma·zo·nas

[am-uh-zoh-nuhs]
noun
a state in NW Brazil. 1,406,354; 601,769 sq. mi. (1,558,582 sq. km). Capital: Manáos.
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Manáos (Portuguese məˈnaus)
 
n
a variant spelling of Manaus

Manaus or Manáos (Portuguese məˈnaus)
 
n
a port in N Brazil, capital of Amazonas state, on the Rio Negro 19 km (12 miles) above its confluence with the Amazon: chief commercial centre of the Amazon basin. Pop: 1 673 000 (2005 est)
 
Manáos or Manáos
 
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