Uaupés
or Wau·pés
[ wou-pes ]
noun
a river in S central Colombia, where it rises and is called the Vaupes , flowing in NW Brazil E and SE to the Rio Negro River. 500 miles (805 km) long.
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How to use Uaupés in a sentence
Among the tribes of the Uaupés the men have the hair carefully parted and combed on each side, and tied in a queue behind.
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