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Pilcomayo

 
Dictionary: Pil·co·ma·yo   (pĭl'kō-mä'yō, pēl'-) pronunciation


A river of central South America rising in central Bolivia and flowing about 1,609 km (1,000 mi) southeast along the Argentina-Paraguay border to the Paraguay River.

 

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Pilcomayo (pēlkōmä'), river c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) long, rising in the Bolivian Andes E of Lake Poopó and flowing SE in a marshy course across the Gran Chaco to the Paraguay River near Asunción. It forms part of the Argentina-Paraguay border.


 
 
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Paraguay (river, Brazil and Paraguay)
Chaqueño Palavecino (Latin Artist, '80s-2000s)
Gran Chaco (geographical area, South America)

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