Marañón

[ mah-rah-nyawn ]

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noun

a river in Peru, flowing N and then E, joining the Ucayali to form the Amazon. 1,000 miles (1,600 km) long.

Marañón

/ maraˈɲɔn /

a river in NE Peru, rising in the Andes and flowing northwest into the Ucayali River, forming the Amazon. Length: about 1450 km (900 miles)

Abundance of cotton in a wild state is found in the Montana Real, and on the banks of the Maranon.

The Ucayali joins the Maranon, forming the main stream of the Amazon.

Jaen is a day's stage from the Maranon which one must descend by canoe.

These are the words in which the worthy manager of the Maranon estate related to me the coming of the supposed anarchist.

At the Maranon he lived apart from the station, in a small shed with a metal roof and straw walls, which he called mon atelier.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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