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Tocantins

Definition of Tocantins
  • 1a river of South America, which rises in central Brazil and flows 2,640 km (1,640 miles) northwards, joining the Pará to enter the Atlantic through a large estuary at Belém.
  • 2a state of central Brazil; capital, Palmas.

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