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Am·a·zo·ni·a

(ăm′ə-zō′nē-ə)
The vast basin of the Amazon River in northern South America. It remains largely unpopulated and undeveloped, especially in the interior.
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Amazonia

(æməˈzəʊnɪə)
n
(Placename) the land around the Amazon river
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Am•a•zo•ni•a

(ˌæm əˈzoʊ ni ə)

n.
the region around the Amazon, in N South America.
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Amazonia

[ˌæməˈzəʊnɪə] N → Amazonia f
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Mr Bolsonaro tweeted: "We cannot accept that a president, Macron, makes ludicrous and unnecessary attacks on Amazonia, nor that he makes his intentions with an idea of an 'alliance' of G7 countries to save the Amazon, as if we were a colony or someone's territory."
Brazil president hits out at 'colonial' G7; AMAZON HELP NOT APPRECIATED
An area smolders in the Alvorada da Amazonia region in Novo Progresso
Brazil president hits out at 'colonial' G7; AMAZON HELP NOT APPRECIATED
An area smoulders in the Alvorada da Amazonia region, in Novo Progresso PIcture: LEO CORREA
Brazil President hits out at 'colonial' G7; AMAZON HELP NOT APPRECIATED
Biologist Leandro Joao Carneiro de Lima Moraes, of Brazil's National Institute of Amazonia Research, recently published a study in the journal Ecological Society of America, which detailed his observations of moths feeding on birds' tears.
Scientist observes moths drinking tears of sleeping birds
Como se vera adiante, ha um outro tipo de outorga que tambem pode transmitir programacao inserida localmente--as RTVs estabelecidas na Amazonia Legal.
The geographical distribution of local TV stations in Brazil/A distribuicao geografica das estacoes locais de TV no Brasil

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