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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun An Indian of the tribe from which the Tupian stock takes its name, dwelling, at the advent of the Portuguese, about the mouth of the Amazon. Also, their language, which is the basis of the Indian trade language of the Amazon.
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- proper noun The Tupi tribe of South America, in
French Guiana . - proper noun The language of this tribe.
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- noun a member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay
- noun the language spoken by the Tupi of Brazil and Paraguay
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Examples
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Last year, pilot production at the Lula field, formerly called Tupi, started.
Brazil Petrobras Doubles Spending On Deep-Water Presalt Fields Jeff Fick 2011
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Among the so-called subsalt discoveries, the biggest is Tupi, which is estimated to contain between five and eight billion barrels of oil.
BP Taps Deep Water to Grow Guy Chazan 2010
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Among the so-called subsalt discoveries, the biggest is Tupi, which is estimated to contain between five and eight billion barrels of oil.
BP Taps Deep Water to Grow Guy Chazan 2010
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Among the so-called subsalt discoveries, the biggest is Tupi, which is estimated to contain between five and eight billion barrels of oil.
BP Pays $7 Billion for Offshore Assets Guy Chazan 2010
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Among the so-called subsalt discoveries, the biggest is Tupi, which is estimated to contain between five and eight billion barrels of oil.
BP Taps Deep Water to Grow Guy Chazan 2010
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The first field discovered in 2007, called Tupi, has between five billion and eight billion barrels, making it the biggest single Western Hemisphere find in at least three decades.
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The first discovery, a field called Tupi, is believed to have between five billion and eight billion barrels of reserves.
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The Lula field, formerly known as Tupi, holds an estimated 6.5 billion barrels of recoverable oil and equivalents.
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Announced in 2007, the Lula field - originally called Tupi - was Brazil's first major pre-salt discovery and is estimated to have 6.5 billion recoverable barrels of oil.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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Lula, formerly known as Tupi, holds an estimated 6.5 billion barrels of recoverable oil and equivalents.
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