igapó

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blackwater-flooded Amazonian forest.

Word forms

igapó igapós igapo ygapo

Etymology

From Portuguese igapó, from Old Tupi 'ygapó, from y (“water; river”) and apó (“full”).

Related words

várzea
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