Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river rising on the Brazilian border of southern Guyana and flowing about 965 km (600 mi) generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Examples
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Facing like watchmen the twenty mile broad estuary of the Essequibo are the three large wooded islands of Leguan, Wakenaam and Tiger Island all of them decked with sugar estates, Leguan, stretching along the Eastern bank, is about twelve miles long, and contains
Stabroek News 2008
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Reiterating his previous arguments, Sarney said that Chávez sought to "create a hotspot of regional conflict like the Balkans," and would seize Guyana's Essequibo region.
Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Washington and Brasilia Monitoring Chávez in the Caribbean Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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Since Sarney's last tete-a-tete with the Americans, tensions had mounted in the Essequibo region, with Guyana accusing Venezuela of militarily invading its territory to stave off gold mining operations.
Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Washington and Brasilia Monitoring Chávez in the Caribbean Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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Warming to his theme, Sarney remarked that he was "especially concerned about Venezuela's irrendentist claims on Guyana's Essequibo region."
Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Washington and Brasilia Monitoring Chávez in the Caribbean Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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Reiterating his previous arguments, Sarney said that Chávez sought to "create a hotspot of regional conflict like the Balkans," and would seize Guyana's Essequibo region.
Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Washington and Brasilia Monitoring Chávez in the Caribbean Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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Warming to his theme, Sarney remarked that he was "especially concerned about Venezuela's irrendentist claims on Guyana's Essequibo region."
Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Washington and Brasilia Monitoring Chávez in the Caribbean Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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Since Sarney's last tete-a-tete with the Americans, tensions had mounted in the Essequibo region, with Guyana accusing Venezuela of militarily invading its territory to stave off gold mining operations.
Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Washington and Brasilia Monitoring Chávez in the Caribbean Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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Since Sarney's last tete-a-tete with the Americans, tensions had mounted in the Essequibo region, with Guyana accusing Venezuela of militarily invading its territory to stave off gold mining operations.
Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Washington and Brasilia Monitoring Chávez in the Caribbean Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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Warming to his theme, Sarney remarked that he was "especially concerned about Venezuela's irrendentist claims on Guyana's Essequibo region."
Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Washington and Brasilia Monitoring Chávez in the Caribbean Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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Reiterating his previous arguments, Sarney said that Chávez sought to "create a hotspot of regional conflict like the Balkans," and would seize Guyana's Essequibo region.
Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Washington and Brasilia Monitoring Chávez in the Caribbean Nikolas Kozloff 2011
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