Corcovado

[ kawr-kaw-vah-doo kawr-kaw-vah-thaw ]

noun

1. a mountain in SE Brazil, S of Rio de Janeiro: statue of Christ on peak. 2,310 feet (704 meters).
2. a volcano in S Chile. 7,550 feet (2,301 meters).

Corcovado

noun

1. korkoˈβaðo a volcano in S Chile, in the Andes. Height: 2300 m (7546 ft)
2. korkuˈvɑːdu a mountain in SE Brazil, in SW Rio de Janeiro city, famous for a massive statue of Christ the Redeemer. Height of mountain: 704 m (2310 ft)

Example Sentences

Corcovado, on the southern Osa Peninsula, is the best for wildlife seekers.

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Two sailors belonging to his crew had been ashore, and having got drunk, were found lying senseless on the road to Corcovado.

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The house in which I lived was seated close beneath the well-known mountain of the Corcovado.

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Subsequently we saw the lofty-peaked Corcovado—well deserving the name of "el famoso Corcovado."

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More and more the clouds lifted and once or twice old Corcovado and Sugar Loaf peeped out as if for a final look.

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The thunder peals from Sugar Loaf and Corcovado at times outroared those of the guns.

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