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by privateSFacct 2550 days ago
The word Amazon is an English word from Latin from Greek. It goes WAY back before peruvian groups were calling the Amazon the Amazon.

Secondly, the idea that peruvian groups called the Río Marañón and Rio Solimões the Amazon before it was called the Amazon in english seems a bit unlikely.
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salawat 2550 days ago
Given the tech world seems to have centralized around English as the lingua franca as it were, I believe this argument can be safely dismissed.

Further, if they didn't want it, they were free to not contest it. They contested it. Given the circumstances, I see no leg to stand on to deny a more legitimate claim being held by Peruvians.

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ailideex 2549 days ago
> Further, if they didn't want it, they were free to not contest it. They contested it. Given the circumstances, I see no leg to stand on to deny a more legitimate claim being held by Peruvians.

I'm not sure I see why someone contesting it makes them have a valid claim.

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