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putumayo

Pu·tu·ma·yo
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [poo-too-mah-yaw]
    • /ˌpu tuˈmɑ yɔ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [poo-too-mah-yaw]
    • /ˌpu tuˈmɑ yɔ/

Definitions of putumayo word

  • noun putumayo a river in NW South America, flowing SE from S Colombia into the Amazon in NW Brazil. 900 miles (1450 km) long. 1
  • noun putumayo a river in NW South America, rising in S Colombia and flowing southeast as most of the border between Colombia and Peru, entering the Amazon in Brazil: scene of the Putumayo rubber scandal (1910–11) during the rubber boom, in which many Indians were enslaved and killed by rubber exploiters. Length: 1578 km (980 miles) 0
  • noun putumayo river in NW South America, flowing from SW Colombia along the Colombian-Peruvian border into the Amazon in NW Brazil: c. 1,000 mi (1,609 km) 0

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Parts of speech for Putumayo

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

putumayo popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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