Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of northeast Ecuador and northern Peru flowing about 1,125 km (700 mi) east and southeast to the Amazon River.
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Examples
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In the evening they arrived alongside a narrow island, called Napo
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Jules Verne 1866
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Our provisions were packed in kerosene cans, a part of which were soldered up to keep out moisture (for the Valley of the Napo is a steaming vapor-bath) and to keep out the hands of Indians.
The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853
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According to the Peruvian Rainforest Inter-Ethnic Development Association (AIDESEP), the pipeline would run through the ancestral territory of the nomadic Huaorani, Pananujuri and Aushiri tribes, which live in voluntary isolation in an area known as Napo Tigre.
Global Issues News Headlines Global Issues 2010
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The suspects are Napoleon Gomez alias Napo, 37, Delali
WN.com - Articles related to Television – not in front of the children? 2009
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"The (National Health Service) says they're able to cope with the referrals they get," said Harry Fletcher, assistant general secretary for Napo, which is a union.
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We passed in the afternoon the little tug "Napo," having on board
The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853
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The bureau said Napoleon Castro, 35, also known as "Napo" or "Trouble," has ties to the
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( "Napo") announces that oral presentations regarding the safety, efficacy and mechanism of action of crofelemer in clinical trials in severe acute dehydrating watery diarrhea and cholera, as well as the preclinical results for other small molecule cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) chloride channel blockers, will be presented at the upcoming U.S.
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CFTR inhibitors, such as Napo's compounds, play a role in modulating and reducing water flow across gut epithelium and kidney cysts through the regulation of the CFTR channel.
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Recently these protests have restarted throughout different parts of the Amazon region, Tarapoto, Yurimaguas, the Napo Rivers, and other regions.
Global Voices in English » Peru: Indigenous Communities Continue Protests 2009
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