Manaus

/ məˈnaus /

noun

1. a port in N Brazil, capital of Amazonas state, on the Rio Negro 19 km (12 miles) above its confluence with the Amazon: chief commercial centre of the Amazon basin. Pop: 1 673 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Biden took take an aerial tour over part of the Amazon and met with local and Indigenous leaders working to preserve the region's ecosystem before making a brief appearance in Manaus, a large city nestled in the centre of the rainforest.

From BBC

The temperatures are expected to reach these blistering heights primarily in the Central West region, which includes large cities like Brasília, Manaus and Belo Horizonte.

From Salon

In Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, the first cases in the current outbreak were detected near recently deforested areas.

From Science Magazine

Clandestina, who hails from the Amazon city of Manaus, embraced Pedrosa during a press preview marking her Venice debut.

From Seattle Times

Brown conducted all the fieldwork in 1996 based on a methodology developed with Marcio Oliveira, currently of the National Institute for Amazonian Research in Manaus, who was a fellow graduate student at the time.

From Science Daily