Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of Venezuela flowing more than 2,415 km (1,500 mi), partly along the Colombia-Venezuela border, to the Atlantic Ocean. The mouth of the river was probably sighted by Columbus in 1498.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the Orinoco river basin of Venezuela.
- proper noun A
South American river flowing 1600 miles (2410 km) from Brazil throughVenezuela to theAtlantic Ocean . - proper noun The Orinoco
river basin of Venezuela.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a South American river 1,500 miles long; flows into the South Atlantic
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Examples
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When the barrel sank the currents drifted it northwards down what we call the Orinoco
The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle Hugh Lofting 1916
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Orinoco, which is the large Saudi national oil company, says 99 percent of its managers are Saudis, so its should not disrupt production over there.
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Encircled with Spanish troops, it remained, nevertheless, a practical republic in itself, and the vast basin of the Orinoco was the cradle of Venezuelan freedom.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various
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On the western bank of the Orinoco, which is low and flat, the Peak of Uniana rises abruptly more than 3000 feet high.
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The most northern of the great cataracts of the Orinoco is the only one bounded on each side by lofty mountains.
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Gumilla having gone but little above the confluence of the Meta, it is not surprising that he had no knowledge of the bifurcation of the Orinoco, which is found by the sinuosities of the river to be one hundred and twenty leagues distant from the Raudal of Tabaje.
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To the south of the Orinoco is another thickly-wooded region, known as the Silvas; which, united to the woods of Guiana and those of
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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On the western bank of the Orinoco, which is low and flat, the Peak of Uniana rises abruptly more than 3000 feet high.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Gumilla having gone but little above the confluence of the Meta, it is not surprising that he had no knowledge of the bifurcation of the Orinoco, which is found by the sinuosities of the river to be one hundred and twenty leagues distant from the Raudal of Tabaje.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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In 1750, La Condamine and D'Anville* were still of opinion that the Orinoco was a branch of the Caqueta coming from the south-east, and that the Rio Negro issued immediately from it.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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