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Definition of Iguassu falls

1. Noun. A large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil.

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Literary usage of Iguassu falls

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The South American Tour by Annie Smith Peck (1913)
"CHAPTER XXV THE iguassu falls AND PARAGUAY IMPORTANT ARGENTINE CITIES AMONG the nations of the ancient or the modern world, not one do we know with a ..."

2. Industrial and Commercial South America by Annie Smith Peck (1922)
"The city is expected to be the terminus of a road which will pass through Uniao da Victoria to the iguassu falls and across Paraguay to Asuncion. ..."

3. Rivers and Their Mysteries by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1922)
"There are the enormous Nyanza and Zambesi falls in Africa, the stupendous Iguassu falls of the Brazilian border, Kaieteur in Guiana with its 820 foot drop ..."

4. Human Geography: An Attempt at a Positive Classification, Principles and by Jean Brunhes, Isaiah Bowman, Richard Elwood Dodge, Irville Charles Le Compte (1920)
"The Argentine has had a study made of the projects of parks of the iguassu falls and of the Lake Nahuel Huapi districts. At the present time the movement is ..."

5. The Future of South America by Roger Ward Babson (1915)
"Some people visit the great iguassu falls on the Parana. .In order to get there now, one must use small boats, or ride mule back, but good roads are in ..."

6. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1890)
"Some parts of his book are interesting and of no little value, as, for example, his descriptions of his journeys to the iguassu falls, which he calls "the ..."

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