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Definition of Parnahiba

1. Noun. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parnahiba

Literary usage of Parnahiba

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

1. Travels in the Interior of Brazil, Principally Through the Northern by George Gardner (1849)
"As I brought several letters of recommendation with me to the Barao de Parnahiba, the President of the Province, I made enquiries for his house on entering ..."

2. Travels in the Interior of Brazil: Principally Through the Northern by George Gardner (1846)
"As I brought several letters of recommendation with me to the Barao de Parnahiba, the President of the Province, I made enquiries for his house on entering ..."

3. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"The distance between these two mouths is about 36 miles, in which extent the Rio de Parnahiba discharges itself by four others. ..."

4. Brazil: Its Provinces and Chief Cities: the Manners & Customs of the People by William Scully (1866)
"The chief towns are Teresina, the capital; Parnahiba, the foreign shipping port of the province; and Oeiras, the former capital. Teresina, since 1852 the ..."

5. Brazil and Buenos Ayres by Josiah Conder (1825)
"It is about seventy- five leagues south of Parnahiba, the sea-port of the ... St. Joam da Barra da Parnahiba is larger and more important than the capital. ..."

6. Brazil; Its Provinces and Chief Cities; the Manners & Customs of the People by William Scully (1868)
"The chief towns are Teresina, the capital; Parnahiba, the foreign shipping port of the province; and Oeiras, the former capital. Teresina, since 1852 the ..."

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