Obidos was the name used by
Amazon.com
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for their original page rendering engine, and appears in many of
their URLs such as
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596515162. Obidos was phased out in 2006 and replaced by the Gurupa engine.
Amazon.com subsequently used the name for their building at 551 Boren Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, United States.
It was named after the town of
Óbidos in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
near the swiftest point on the
Amazon River, which is in turn named after the town of
Óbidos, Portugal
Óbidos (; cel-x-proto, Eburobrittium) is a town ( pt, vila) and a municipality in the Oeste region, historical province of Estremadura, and the Leiria district. The town proper has approximately 3100 inhabitants. The municipality population in ...
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See also
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Óbidos, Portugal
Óbidos (; cel-x-proto, Eburobrittium) is a town ( pt, vila) and a municipality in the Oeste region, historical province of Estremadura, and the Leiria district. The town proper has approximately 3100 inhabitants. The municipality population in ...
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Óbidos, Pará
Óbidos is a municipality in Pará, Brazil located at the narrowest and swiftest part of the Amazon River. The town was founded in 1697, and is located between Santarém and Oriximiná. It is the seat of the Diocese of Óbidos. The town was n ...
References
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