Cuiabá

American  

[koo-yuh-bah] / ˌku yəˈbɑ /

noun

1. a river in SW Brazil. About 300 miles (485 km) long.

2. a port in W Brazil, on the Cuiabá River.

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Cuiabá British  

/ kuiaˈba /

noun

1. a port in W Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso state, on the Cuibá River. Pop: 777 000 (2005 est)

2. a river in SW Brazil, rising on the Mato Grosso plateau and flowing southwest into the São Lourenço River. Length: 483 km (300 miles)

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Example Sentences

Many restrictions on movement are still in place in Rio and in the three other host cities, Brasilia, Goiania and Cuiabá.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2021

She brought them all the way from her home state, where they are part of the collection of the Federal University of Mato Grosso in Cuiabá.

From Nature • Jul. 15, 2019

Though he now lived mostly in Cuiabá, he continued to represent his tribe’s political interests.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2005

Fawcett sent his Brazilian helpers back to Cuiabá, along with many of the animals.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2005

Even in the shade of the buriti palms, it was hot—so hot, as Fawcett wrote in a particularly fervid dispatch, that in the Cuiabá River “fish were literally cooked alive.”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2005