Ucayali

[ oo-kah-yah-lee ]

noun

1. a river in W South America, flowing N from E Peru and joining the Marañón to form the Amazon. 1,200 miles (1,930 km) long.

Ucayali

/ ukaˈjali /

noun

1. a river in E Peru, flowing north into the Marañón above Iquitos. Length: 1600 km (1000 miles)

Example Sentences

At the Amazon border regions of Ucayali and Loreto, cultivation advanced 43% and 34% respectively, Figueroa said.

From Reuters

The office of Peru's attorney general, Patricia Benavides, announced the investigations focused on the violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces in the southern heavily-indigenous regions of Puno, Cusco, Arequipa, Apurimac and Ucayali, as well as the country's capital Lima.

From Reuters

The Amazonian departments of Ucayali, Loreto and Madre de Dios, Peru, saw road expansion increase by 25% from 2019 to 2020 and 16% from 2020 to 2021.

From Salon

In the Ucayali region, 37% of the candidates were Indigenous.

From Salon

The vote leaders for president of the Peruvian Amazonian state of Ucayali were an ex-governor and coca farmer connected to a corruption investigation and a promoter of agribusiness.

From Salon