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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun a great waterfall on the Brazil-Paraguay border.

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  • noun a great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay

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Examples

  • Reuters Henrique Capriles campaigned in the town of La Guaira last month.

    Venezuelans Aim to Challenge Chávez José de Córdoba 2012

  • I understand he lives like a king in a beachfront mansion outside La Guaira, near Caracas.

    TRIAL BY FIRE J.A. JANCE 2009

  • Slave-raiding parties (bandeirantes) penetrated the interior from São Paulo and attacked Spanish Jesuit missions on the upper Paraná (Guaira), forcing their transfer farther south and establishing Portuguese control of the region.

    1612 2001

  • Guaira (Guaira Falls) on the Rio Parana, has not been determined

    The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Venezuelan presidential hopeful Henrique Capriles, seen at a rally in La Guaira Jan. 27, has been attacked over his sexuality, Jewish ancestry and his selection as opposition candidate.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2012

  • The people of Guaira, a city of 37,000 people located 450 kilometres from Sao Paulo, were shaken by the brutality of the crime.

    IPS Inter Press Service 2009

  • Five assailants invaded the ranch of a man known to police by the nickname "Polaco," federal police officer Claudio Cesar said by telephone from Guaira city.

    Taipei Times 2008

  • Five assailants invaded the ranch of a man known to police by the nickname "Polaco," federal police officer Claudio Cesar said by telephone from Guaira city.

    Taipei Times 2008

  • Russian Primer Minister Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez view a globe while visiting the Russian Navy's tall ship Kruzenshtern in the port of Guaira near Caracas on Friday.

    arabnews - frontpage 2010

  • Russian Primer Minister Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez view a globe while visiting the Russian Navy's tall ship Kruzenshtern in the port of Guaira near Caracas on Friday.

    arabnews - frontpage 2010

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