Tocantins

American  

[taw-kahn-teens] / ˌtɔ kɑ̃ˈtĩs /

noun

1. a river in E Brazil, flowing N to the Pará River. 1,700 miles (2,735 km) long.

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Tocantins British  

/ tokã̃ˈtɪ̃s /

noun

1. a state of N Brazil, created from the northern part of Goiás state in 1988. Capital: Palmas. Pop: 1 207 014 (2002). Area: 278 421 sq km (107 499 sq miles)

2. a river in E Brazil, rising in S central Goiás state and flowing generally north to the Pará River. Length: about 2700 km (1700 miles)

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Example Sentences

Four people are known to have died, and more than 10 are missing after the central span of the bridge linking Tocantins and Maranhão states gave way on Sunday afternoon.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2024

Even if he had traveled with his own identification, he was only a fugitive in the state of Tocantins, Alamy said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023

For his master’s thesis, Luz went to Tocantins in 2004 to study the Xerénte, a group that spoke Portuguese widely and had long been in contact with the outside world.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2022

The United Nations Development Program, the city of Palmas and the state of Tocantins also are lending support.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2015

Close to its mouth the far more important Parana, rising in the mountains of the Brazils, near the sources of the Tocantins, falls into the La Plata.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles