Country Brazil Length 7 km Mouth Guanabara Bay | Main source Rio de Janeiro state Source Rio de Janeiro | |
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River mouth Guanabara Bay
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The Maracanã River of Rio de Janeiro ( [mɐɾakɐˈnɐ̃]), which means green bird in Tupi–Guarani, is a river located in Rio de Janeiro state in southeastern Brazil.
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Course
The Maracanã River flows, now canalised, eastwards through the northern districts and neighbourhoods of the city of Rio de Janeiro to its mouth at Guanabara Bay.
Namesakes
The Estádio do Maracanã, one of the largest football stadia in the world, was named after the Maracanã River. The nearby and smaller Ginásio do Maracanãzinho indoor arena is a derivative name, Maracanãzinho meaning Little Maracanã.
The subsequently developed Maracanã neighbourhood around the stadium and that which the river flows through, took its name from the stadium.
References
Maracanã River (Rio de Janeiro) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA