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Definition of Guaira
1. Noun. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
Group relationships: Brasil, Brazil, Federative Republic Of Brazil, Paraguay, Republic Of Paraguay, Parana, Parana River
Generic synonyms: Falls, Waterfall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guaira
Literary usage of Guaira
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"Not only in guaira but on almost every frontier the missionaries, especially the
Jesuits, pushed forward the dominions of the King and the Church; ..."
2. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1812)
"The trader sometimes comes to guaira to receive a cargo, purchased or shipped
for him ... Nothing is suffered to remain at guaira but what may be for the ..."
3. Venezuela, a Commercial and Industrial Handbook: A Commercial and Industrial by United States Dept. of Commerce, Purl Lord Bell (1922)
"PORT OF LA guaira. The commercial district of Caracas has one large seaport, La
guaira, which is at the same time the principal seaport of the country. ..."
4. Venezuela, a Commercial and Industrial Handbook: A Commercial and Industrial by United States Dept. of Commerce, Purl Lord Bell (1922)
"PORT OF LA guaira. The commercial district of Caracas has one large seaport, La
guaira, which is at the same time the principal seaport of the country. ..."
5. Venezuela: Or, Sketches of Life in a South American Republic: with the by Edward B. Eastwick (1868)
"It is not so at La guaira. In fact, La guaira is no port, but an open roadstead,
where, though it seldom blows very heavily, there is ever a high swell, ..."
6. Venezuela by Leonard Victor Dalton (1912)
"CHAPTER VIII THE STATES OF THE "CENTRO" La guaira—Heat—Port works—The Brighton
of Venezuela—Sugar plantations—Streets and ..."
7. Venezuela, an Economic Report by Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service (1921)
"PORT OF LA guaira Formerly considered one of the most dangerous harbors on the
Caribbean coast, La guaira is to-day Venezuela's leading port and the ..."
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