Tocantins

geographical name

To·​can·​tins ˌtō-kən-ˈtēnz 

ˌtü-kən-ˈtēⁿs

1

river about 1700 miles (2736 kilometers) long in east central and northeastern Brazil rising in south central Goiás and flowing north into the Pará River

2

state of northeast central Brazil; capital Palmas area 116,573 square miles (301,294 square kilometers), population 1,383,445