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Asunción

[ ah-soon-syawn, -thyawn ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Paraguay, in the S part.


Asunción

/ asunˈsjon /

noun

  1. the capital and chief port of Paraguay, on the Paraguay River, 1530 km (950 miles) from the Atlantic. Pop: 1 750 000 (2005 est)


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Corrientes thus became the market-centre of the upper river and replaced Asunción in the trade.

The red sandstone hills of the Asunción district rise like an archipelago out of this level bed of lacustrine deposits.

Do not speak of it further—not even to the deputy in Asunción.

The man in Asunción isn't dead—he's been seen—but he's cut loose.

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