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Marañón

/maɾaˈɲon/

proper noun/maɾaˈɲon/

a river in Peru, a tributary of the Amazon.; a province of Huánuco, Peru; the Amazon River.

Uncertain. Possibly from Old Tupi, meaning "running sea", or an augmentative of mar (“sea”). Cognate with Portuguese Maranhão