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Madre de Dios

Madre de Dios proper noun: a department and region in south-east Peru; in full, the Department of Madre de Dios.

Proper noun

Madre de Dios

  1. A department and region in south-east Peru; in full, the Department of Madre de Dios.
  2. A river in Bolivia and Peru, a tributary of the Madeira River; in full, the Madre de Dios River.

Origin of Madre de Dios

Borrowed from Spanish Madre de Dios (literally “Mother of God”).

Questions about Madre de Dios

What does Madre de Dios mean?
Madre de Dios means a department and region in south-east Peru; in full, the Department of Madre de Dios.
What part of speech is Madre de Dios?
Madre de Dios is a proper noun.

Words near Madre de Dios in the dictionary

  1. madrassas
  2. Madrassi
  3. Madrassis
  4. Madrazo
  5. Madrazos
  6. Madre de Dios
  7. Madrean
  8. Madrecha
  9. madreperl
  10. madreporal
  11. madreporarian

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