Definition of Araguaia

1. Noun. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.

Exact synonyms: Araguaia River, Araguaya, Araguaya River
Group relationships: Brasil, Brazil, Federative Republic Of Brazil
Generic synonyms: River

Lexicographical Neighbors of Araguaia

Araby
Aracaju
Aracanese
Araceae
Arachis
Arachis hypogaea
Arachne
Arachnia
Arachosia
Aracuna
Arafat
Arafura Sea
Aragon
Aragon Strip
Aragonese
Araguaia (current term)
Araguaia River
Araguaya
Araguaya River
Aragvi
Arakanese
Araki
Araks
Aral Sea
Arales
Aralia elata
Aralia hispida
Aralia nudicaulis
Aralia racemosa
Aralia spinosa

Literary usage of Araguaia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Struggle for Land in Brazil: Rural Violence Continues by Jemera Rone (1992)
"... in the diocese of Concei;ao de Araguaia: Santana de Araguaia ... Santa Maria de Barreiras, e Araguaia, ..."

2. Migratory Fishes of South America: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation Status by Joachim Carolsfeld (2003)
"At the confluence of the Tocantins River and its tributary the Araguaia River ... The fish of Tocantins River migrate upstream into the Lower Araguaia River ..."

3. The American Monitor (1824)
"It is bounded for several hundred miles by the navigable river Araguaia which forms a communication with the river Amazon and the Atlantic, and which, ..."

4. Brazil by Errol Lincoln Uys (2000)
"... Kayapo hordes who, in 1950, on the Araguaia — a river about ninety miles west of their section of the road — had killed or injured one hundred settlers. ..."

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