Uaupés

or Wau·pés

[ wou-pes ]
/ waʊˈpɛs /

noun

a river in S central Colombia, where it rises and is called the Vaupes, flowing in NW Brazil E and SE to the Rio Negro River. 500 miles (805 km) long.

Example sentences from the Web for uaupes

  • The Uaupes on the Napo, according to Wallace, will not eat peccari meat.

    The Andes and the Amazon |James Orton

  • The Uaupes in the Amazons incinerate a corpse a month after death, pound up the ashes, and mix them with their fermented drink.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 |Various

  • If any woman of the Uaupes tribe happens to see the masks used in the tribal ceremony she is put to death.

    Taboo and Genetics |Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard

  • They met some very numerous and warlike tribes, most conspicuous of which were the Uaupes.

    The Spanish Pioneers |Charles F. Lummis