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Manaus

/ əˈԲܲ /

noun

  1. a port in N Brazil, capital of Amazonas state, on the Rio Negro 19 km (12 miles) above its confluence with the Amazon: chief commercial centre of the Amazon basin. Pop: 1 673 000 (2005 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The Brazilian government also denounced “degrading treatment” of its citizens after some deportees walked off a nonmilitary U.S. plane on Saturday in the northern city of Manaus in handcuffs and leg shackles.

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Biden took take an aerial tour over part of the Amazon and met with local and Indigenous leaders working to preserve the region's ecosystem before making a brief appearance in Manaus, a large city nestled in the centre of the rainforest.

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The temperatures are expected to reach these blistering heights primarily in the Central West region, which includes large cities like Brasília, Manaus and Belo Horizonte.

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In Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, the first cases in the current outbreak were detected near recently deforested areas.

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Clandestina, who hails from the Amazon city of Manaus, embraced Pedrosa during a press preview marking her Venice debut.

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