Solimões

Solimões
geographical name the upper Amazon, Brazil, from Peruvian border to the mouth of Negro River

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  • Solimões — is the name often given to early stretches of the Amazon River from the border of Brazil and Peru to its confluence with the Rio Negro.Further upstream from the order the name of the river seems to depend on the speaker. Brazilians may either… …   Wikipedia

  • Solimoes — (Solimoens), 1) der Name des Amazonenstromes (s.d.) von seiner Vereinigung mit dem Ucayate (an der Grenze von Ecuador u. Peru) bis zur Mündung des Rio Negro; 2) früher derjenige Theil der jetzigen brasilianischen Provinz Amazonas (s.d.), welcher… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Solimões — (spr. ßolimōengsch), veralteter Name für die Strecke des Amazonenstroms (s. d.) zwischen der Vereinigung seiner beiden Quellflüsse (Ucayali und Marañon) und der Mündung des Rio Negro …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Solimões — (spr. mōngsch), s. Amazonenstrom …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Solimoes — (–mongs), engl., soviel wie Marannon …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Solimões —   [ mɔ̃ɪs], der Mittellauf des Amazonas …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Solimões — [sō̂΄li moins′] the upper Amazon, between the Peruvian border & the Negro River …   English World dictionary

  • Solimôes Superiore — • A prefecture Apostolic in the State of Amazonas, Brazil, erected by a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Consistory, 23 May, 1910 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Solimoes Superiore     Solimôes Superiore …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Solimões River — ▪ river, Brazil Portuguese  Rio Solimões   the section of the upper Amazon River in Amazonas estado (state), northwestern Brazil. The Solimões flows from the Brazilian Peruvian border on the west to its confluence with the Negro River near M …   Universalium

  • Solimões — /saw li moyonns /, n. Brazilian name of the Amazon from its junction with the Río Negro to the border of Peru. * * * …   Universalium

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