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Explore Tumbes through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Tumbes in a sentence

Tumbes meaning

A department, province, and city in Peru.

Using Tumbes

  • The main meaning on this page is: A department, province, and city in Peru.
  • In the example corpus, tumbes often appears in combinations such as: tumbes and, to tumbes.

Context around Tumbes

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

jaen 1×

Often after:

river 1× became 1×

Sentence patterns with Tumbes

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

areas in tumbes and piura 1× jaen and tumbes for almost 1× of jaen tumbes and part 1× route to tumbes on the 1× sechura to tumbes 1× set as tumbes river in 1× stopped at tumbes where two 1× tumbes became the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

gran colombia had 1× mangrove forests are 1× on their return 1× the bus belonging 1× there are protected 1× through protocolized meetings 1×

Common sentence endings:

according to police 1× borders between them 1× into southern ecuador 1× mainas declared war 1× of the natives 1× sechura to tumbes 1×

Words around Tumbes

Just before it in the word index:

tumbbad 4 tumbarumba 10 tumbarinu 3 tumba 5 tumas 4 tumart 14

Just after it in the word index:

tumbi 4 tumble 241 tumbled 261 tumbledown 4 tumbler 45 tumblers 21

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdali 10 abdelfattah 10 abdulazeez 10 abella 10 abels 10 abfa 10

Corpus analysis for Tumbes

  • In this selection, "tumbes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, jaen, river and became stand out and add context to how "tumbes" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include areas in tumbes and piura and jaen and tumbes for almost. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tumbes" sits close to words such as abdali, abdelfattah and abdulazeez, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tumbes

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Tumbes became the first success the Spanish had so long desired. (11 words)

Mangrove forests are located in four specific areas from Sechura to Tumbes. (12 words)

On their return towards Panama, Pizarro briefly stopped at Tumbes, where two of his men had decided to stay to learn the customs and language of the natives. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

Through protocolized meetings between representatives of Peru and Gran Colombia, the border was set as Tumbes river in the west and in the east the Maranon and Amazon rivers were to be followed toward Brazil as the most natural borders between them. (42 words)

Gran Colombia had always protested Peru for the return of Jaen and Tumbes for almost a decade, then finally Bolivar after long and futile discussion over the return of Jaen, Tumbes, and part of Mainas, declared war. (37 words)

The bus, belonging to the Qorianka Tours company, departed from Lima and was en route to Tumbes, on the border with Ecuador, when it went off the road near the town of Organos, according to police. (36 words)

Example sentences (7)

Gran Colombia had always protested Peru for the return of Jaen and Tumbes for almost a decade, then finally Bolivar after long and futile discussion over the return of Jaen, Tumbes, and part of Mainas, declared war.

The bus, belonging to the Qorianka Tours company, departed from Lima and was en route to Tumbes, on the border with Ecuador, when it went off the road near the town of Organos, according to police.

Mangrove forests are located in four specific areas from Sechura to Tumbes.

On their return towards Panama, Pizarro briefly stopped at Tumbes, where two of his men had decided to stay to learn the customs and language of the natives.

There are protected areas in Tumbes and Piura filled with tropical canelo forests and tropical dry forests such as Caza de Coto and Cerros de Amotape, both extending into southern Ecuador.

Through protocolized meetings between representatives of Peru and Gran Colombia, the border was set as Tumbes river in the west and in the east the Maranon and Amazon rivers were to be followed toward Brazil as the most natural borders between them.

Tumbes became the first success the Spanish had so long desired.

Common combinations with tumbes

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tumbes" in a sentence?
An example: "Gran Colombia had always protested Peru for the return of Jaen and Tumbes for almost a decade, then finally Bolivar after long and futile discussion over the return of Jaen, Tumbes, and part of Mainas, declared war." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "tumbes" from authentic English texts.
What does "tumbes" mean?
Tumbes means: A department, province, and city in Peru.
How many example sentences with "tumbes" are there?
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