Corcovado

[ kawr-kaw-vah-doo for 1; kawr-kaw-vah-th aw for 2 ]

/ ˌkɔr kɔˈvɑ dʊ for 1; ˌkɔr kɔˈvɑ ðɔ for 2 /

noun

a mountain in SE Brazil, S of Rio de Janeiro: statue of Christ on peak. 2310 feet (704 meters).

a volcano in S Chile. 7550 feet (2301 meters).

Example sentences from the Web for corcovado

One can safely promise such a realizing sense to him who ascends the Corcovado.

Equatorial America |Maturin M. Ballou
"That is the Corcovado, and some day we shall go over there and ascend it," said Martim.

Our Little Brazilian Cousin |Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
The house in which I lived was seated close beneath the well-known mountain of the Corcovado.

A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World |Charles Darwin
The thunder peals from Sugar Loaf and Corcovado at times outroared those of the guns.

With the Battle Fleet |Franklin Matthews

Next after the Corcovado the Tijuca will attract you, and, like the former, it ends in wondrous points of view.

South America To-day |Georges Clemenceau

British Dictionary definitions for corcovado

Corcovado

noun

(Spanish korkoˈβaðo) a volcano in S Chile, in the Andes. Height: 2300 m (7546 ft)

(Portuguese korkuˈvɑːdu) a mountain in SE Brazil, in SW Rio de Janeiro city, famous for a massive statue of Christ the Redeemer. Height of mountain: 704 m (2310 ft)

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Corcovado

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