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The sun setting on the Ucayali, with the Andean foothills in the background, and the taste of freshly cut papaya in my mouth, restoring a body utterly shattered, made for one of those 'ones to tell the grandchildren' memories.
Mark Barrowcliffe

Meaning of "Ucayali" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD UCAYALI

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PRONUNCIATION OF UCAYALI

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UCAYALI

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Ucayali is a noun.
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WHAT DOES UCAYALI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ucayali

Ucayali River

The Ucayali River (Spanish: Río Ucayali, IPA: ) arises about 110 km (68 mi) north of Lake Titicaca, in the Arequipa region of Peru. The Amazon River takes its name close to Nauta city (100 km upstream/south of Iquitos), at the confluence of the Marañón and Ucayali rivers. The Ucayali becomes a major tributary of the Amazon River. Navigation was blocked by lengthy sections of rapids. The city of Pucallpa is located on the banks of the Ucayali. The Ucayali, together with Apurímac River, Ene River, and Tambo River, is today considered the main headwater of the Amazon River, totaling a length of 2,669.9 kilometres (1,659.0 mi) from the source of the Apurímac at Nevado Mismi to the confluence of the Ucayali and Marañón Rivers: ▪ Apurímac River (total length): 730.7 km (454.0 mi) ▪ Ene River (total length): 180.6 km (112.2 mi) ▪ Tambo River (total length): 158.5 km (98.5 mi) ▪ Ucayali River (confluence with Tambo River to confluence with the Marañón): 1,600.1 km (994.

Definition of Ucayali in the English dictionary

The definition of Ucayali in the dictionary is a river in E Peru, flowing north into the Marañón above Iquitos. Length: 1600 km.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UCAYALI

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uckers
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UCW
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Udaipur
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WORDS THAT END LIKE UCAYALI

alkali
Bali
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Cali
Dali
Denali
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kali
Kigali
Malayali
Mali
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wali

Synonyms and antonyms of Ucayali in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Ucayali» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UCAYALI

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乌卡亚利
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Ucayali
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Ucayali
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उकायली
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أوكايالي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Укаяли
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Ucayali
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Ucayali,
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Ucayali
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Ucayali
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Ucayali
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ウカヤリ
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Translator English - Korean

우카 얄리
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Ucayali
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Ucayali
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Ucayali
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उकायली
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Ucayali
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Ucayali
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Ucayali
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Укаялі
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Ucayali
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Ucayali
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Ucayali
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Ucayali
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Ucayali
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Trends of use of Ucayali

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UCAYALI»

The term «Ucayali» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.400 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Ucayali

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Mark Barrowcliffe
The sun setting on the Ucayali, with the Andean foothills in the background, and the taste of freshly cut papaya in my mouth, restoring a body utterly shattered, made for one of those 'ones to tell the grandchildren' memories.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UCAYALI»

Discover the use of Ucayali in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Ucayali and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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People of the Ucayali: The Shipibo and Conibo of Peru
Describes the cultures of two closely related language groups in the Peruvian Amazon: the Shipibo and Conibo.
Lucille Eakin, Erwin Lauriault, Harry Boonstra, 1986
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Indigenous Peoples in Isolation in the Peruvian Amazon: ...
To register the MASHCO Native Community, belonging to the MASHCO -PIRO ethno-linguistic group, of the ARAWAK linguistic family, located on the headwaters of the Purus and Curanja rivers, Purus district, Ucayali department on the ...
Beatriz Huertas Castillo, 2004
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Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1832).
Eastern Peru (Tsch.) ; River Ucayali (Hauxwell) ; New Granada, Bogota ; Panama , Chiriqui (Bridges) ; S. Mexico, pro v. Vera Cruz (Sallf) ; Rio Napo. Mus. Brit. 7. Thamnophilus transandeanus. Thamnophilus transandeanus, Sclater, P. Z. S. ...
‎1858
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Proceedings
Punga Tipisca (on the Ucayali). Lat. 5° 26' 00" s.; Long. 73° 48' 30" w. <Jf Greenwich.— Observers : Peruvian Hydrographic Commission of the Amazon, 1868. Acuracaya (on the Ucayali). Lat. 5° 38' 00" *. ; Long. 73° 51' 00" w. of Greenwich.
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), 1872
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Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para, Across the Andes ...
Undertaken with a View of Ascertaining the Practicability of a Navigable Communication with the Atlantic, by the Rivers Pachitea, Ucayali, and Amazon William Smyth, Frederick Lowe. 266 SHORES OF THE MARANON. found it a very poor ...
William Smyth, Frederick Lowe, 1836
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL ...
Order 5. GRALLjE. Fam. Charadriid.«. 227. Hoplopterus cayanus (Lath.). J lab. Lower Ucayali. 228. jEgialitis collaris (Vieill.). Hab. Upper and Lower Ucayali. The egg of this species is of a pale umber, dotted all over with numerous spots of  ...
‎1866
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The Hadzabe of Tanzania: Land and Human Rights for a ...
Gray, A., 1990 "Report on the Fourth Commitee of the Convenio for the Inscription and Titling of Native Communities of the Ucayali Department, Peru." IWGIA, Copenhagen. Gray A., 1992 "Evaluation Report to IWGIA on Indigenous Land Titling ...
Andrew Madsen, 2000
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Liberation Through Land Rights in the Peruvian Amazon
They were men of style and culture and many were direct descendants of European entrepreneurs and adventurers who came to the Ucayali to take part in the rubber bonanza at the beginning of this century. The merchant was of the opinion ...
Pedro García Hierro, Søren Hvalkof, Andrew Gray, 1998
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Dreams Coming True-: An Indigenous Health Programme in the ...
The booty and the slaves were brought to the Jesuits, who bought the slaves, taught them Quechua and used them as interpreters and guides for further evangelising in the Upper Ucayali (Morin 1998:303). Soon a new economy and social ...
Søren Hvalkof, 2004
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River Flow 2012
The. meandering. Ucayali. River,. a. cyclic. adaptation. of. cutoff. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA Amazon Hydrography and Navigation Service of the Peruvian Navy, Iquitos, Peru  ...
Rafael Murillo Muñoz, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UCAYALI»

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Peru plans tech innovation center to improve wood quality in Ucayali
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala announced the government will create a Technological Innovation Center (Cite) for wood processing in the Ucayali region, ... «Andina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias, Jul 15»
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Ucayali to celebrate Fiesta San Juan this June
The regional deputy governor of Ucayali, Rebaza Mariano Alfaro announced that for the local Fiesta de San Juan this month they are expecting about 20,000 ... «Peru this Week, Jun 15»
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Ucayali invests more than S/. 2 million in educational infrastructure
The investment will go towards building new infrastructure to the Leoncio Parado institution of the district Sepahua in Ucayali where Yines, Amahuacas, ... «Peru this Week, Jun 15»
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Detuvieron a Francisco Boza, ex presidente de la Corte de Ucayali
El Poder Judicial dispuso prisión preventiva por 18 meses a 5 magistrados de la Corte Superior de Ucayali. Según las pesquisas fiscales estos habrían ... «Diario Perú21, May 15»
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Humala arribó a Ucayali para entregar viviendas e inaugurar calles
El presidente de la República, Ollanta Humala, arribó a la ciudad de Ucayali junto con el ministro de Vivienda, Miltón Von Hesse, para entregar 249 viviendas ... «RPP Noticias, May 15»
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Ollanta Humala lanza vivas a su partido en Ucayali
En una ceremonia para la promulgación de una ley que crea los distritos de Neshuya y Alexander von Humboldt en Ucayali, el presidente Ollanta Humala se ... «Diario Correo, Mar 15»
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Peru: 322 scholarships granted to Huanuco, San Martin and Ucayali
It also specified 150 beneficiaries are from following cities: Tocache (region San Martin); 138 from Leoncio Prado (Huanuco) and 34 from Padre Abad (Ucayali). «Andina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias, Mar 15»
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Huánuco, San Martín and Ucayali continue in state of emergency
Peru's government has extended the State of Emergency by 60 days in various zones of the departments, Huánuco, San Martín and Ucayali following Shining ... «Peru this Week, Feb 15»
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​Desborde del río Ucayali causa inundaciones en varias …
El río Ucayali, que transcurre por la selva de Perú, se desbordó en la región del mismo nombre e inundó varias comunidades del este del país sin que hasta el ... «Diario Correo, Feb 15»
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Regional government of Ucayali at fault for illegal logging
As numbers didn't add up for counts of illegally extracted trees from Ucayali, investigations reveal fraudulent permits had been granted by corrupt regional ... «Peru this Week, Jan 15»

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