Madre de Dios

[ mah-th re th e dyaws ]
/ ˈmɑ ðrɛ ðɛ ˈdyɔs /

noun

a river in Peru and Bolivia, flowing E to the Beni River. 900 miles (1450 km) long.

Example sentences from the Web for madre de dios

  • I thought I was bound again, and on the sofa in the gorgeous cabin of the Madre-de-Dios.

    Romance |Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

  • Borough captured the carack, the Madre-de-Dios, whose pepper alone Burleigh estimated at 102,000.

    The Law of Civilization and Decay |Brooks Adams

British Dictionary definitions for madre de dios

Madre de Dios
/ (Spanish ˈmaðre ðe ˈðiɔs) /

noun

a river in NE South America, rising in SE Peru and flowing northeast to the Beni River in N Bolivia. Length: about 965 km (600 miles)