Guaporé

[ Portuguese gwah-poo-re; Spanish gwah-paw-re ]

noun

1. a river forming part of the boundary between Brazil and Bolivia, flowing northwest to the Mamoré River. 950 miles (1,530 km) long.
2. former name of Rondônia.

Guaporé

/ ɡwapoˈrɛ /

noun

1. a river in W central South America, rising in SW Brazil and flowing northwest as part of the border between Brazil and Bolivia, to join the Mamoré River. Length: 1750 km (1087 miles) Spanish nameIténez
2. the former name (until 1956) of Rondônia

Example Sentences

In September and October, Ferrara and other Wildlife Conservation Society scientists conducted a turtle census along the Guaporé River, which forms the border between Brazil and Bolivia.

From Washington Post

In 1956, the Brazilian government also honored Rondon by changing the name of the territory Guapore to Rondonia, which is now a state—through which the Rio Roosevelt runs.

From Literature

The São Miguel do Guaporé plant, which employed 900 people when the outbreak happened, is the town’s largest employer.

From Reuters

In São Miguel do Guaporé, a small town in the western Amazon state of Rondônia, 266 workers at a JBS beef plant were infected as of June 6, representing more than 60% of the town’s cases, prosecutors said.

From Reuters

Indeed, Major Coutinho has found palæozoic deposits, with characteristic shells, in the valley of the Rio Tapajos, at the first cascade, and carboniferous deposits have been noticed along the Rio Guapore and the Rio Marnore.

From Project Gutenberg