Marañón

Marañón [mah-rah-nyawn] Examples noun

a river in Peru, flowing N and then E, joining the Ucayali to form the Amazon. 1000 miles (1600 km) long.

Examples from the Web for maranon Historical Examples of maranon

I am not a sage, but I say these animals are not crocodiles, for there are no crocodiles in the river Maranon.

Armando Palacio Valds

These are the words in which the worthy manager of the Maranon estate related to me the coming of the supposed anarchist.

Joseph Conrad

At the Maranon he lived apart from the station, in a small shed with a metal roof and straw walls, which he called mon atelier.

Joseph Conrad

The Ucayali joins the Maranon, forming the main stream of the Amazon.

Henry Stephens

Jaen is a day’s stage from the Maranon which one must descend by canoe.

Henry Stephens

British Dictionary definitions for maranon Marañón noun

a river in NE Peru, rising in the Andes and flowing northwest into the Ucayali River, forming the Amazon. Length: about 1450 km (900 miles)