a port in N Brazil, capital of Amazonas state, on the Rio Negro 19 km (12 miles) above its confluence with the Amazon: chief commercial centre of the Amazon basin. Pop: 1 673 000 (2005 est)
Manaus in American English
(mɑˈnaʊs)
city in NW Brazil, on the Negro River: capital of Amazonas state: pop. 1,012,000