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Xingu River
The Xingu River ( ; ; ) is a river in north Brazil. It is a southeast tributary of the Amazon River and one of the largest clearwater rivers in the Amazon basin, accounting for about 5% of its water.
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, in north Brazil, southeast tributary of the Amazon
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Xingu peoples
The Xingu are an indigenous people of Brazil living near the Xingu River. They are the Aweti, Kalapalo, Kamaiurá, Kayapó, Kuikuro, Matipu, Mehinako, Nahukuá, Suyá, Trumai people, Trumai, Wauja and the Yawalapiti peoples. They have many cultur ...
, indigenous peoples living near the Xingu River
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Xingu Indigenous Park
The Xingu Indigenous Park (, pronounced ) is an indigenous territory of Brazil, first created in 1961 as a national park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Its official purposes are to protect the environment and the several nations of Xingu I ...
, located in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil
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''Xingu'' (film), 2011 Brazilian drama by director Cao Hamburger
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Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Xingu
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Xingu-Altamira () is a Roman Catholic diocese located in the area of the Xingu River in the ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, in ...
, located in the area of the Xingu River
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Xingu corydoras
The Xingu corydoras (''Corydoras xinguensis'') is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae of the family Callichthyidae. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the upper Xingu River basin in ...
(''Corydoras xinguensis''), a tropical freshwater fish
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Xingu River ray
The Xingu River ray, River stingray, white-blotched river stingray, or polka-dot stingray (''Potamotrygon leopoldi'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Potamotrygonidae. It is endemic to the Xingu River basin in Brazil and as such pr ...
(''Potamotrygon leopoldi''), a tropical freshwater ray endemic to the river
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Xingu Beer, a beer named after the river.
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Embraer EMB 121 Xingu
The Embraer EMB 121 Xingu (, named after the Xingu River) is a twin-turboprop fixed-wing aircraft built by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, Embraer. The design is based on the EMB 110 Bandeirante, using its wing and engine design merged wit ...
, twin turboprop light airplane
*** ''Xingu!'', 2007 comic book by
Sergio Macedo
Sergio Macedo (born 8 April 1951) is a Brazilian comic artist. Born in Além Paraíba, he pursued a career in illustrating for advertising and journalism, before illustrating for Brazilian newspapers and magazines. In the 1970s, he moved to Fran ...
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Xingu Hill
John Sellekaers is a Canadian-born musician and audio mastering engineer. Born in 1973 in Montreal, Quebec he later moved to Brussels, Belgium. Beginning with his project Xingu Hill in the 1990s, he has released over 60 records under various ali ...
, a project of musician John Sellekaers
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*** Xingu, character in James Thurber's children's book ''
The 13 Clocks
''The 13 Clocks'' is a fantasy tale written by James Thurber in 1950, while he was in Bermuda completing one of his other novels. It is written in a unique cadenced style, in which a mysterious prince must complete a seemingly impossible task to ...
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*** ''Xingu and Other Stories'', early short-story collection by
Edith Wharton
Edith Newbold Wharton (; ; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gil ...
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