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- ↑ Vocabulário geográfico do estado do Rio Grande do Sul (in Portuguese). 1950. p. 361.
Jaguarizinho—Rio, ... desaguar no rio Jaguarí ou Jaguarí Grande, pela margem direita. (M. de Santiago)