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The Chubut River (Spanish, Río Chubut; Welsh, Afon Camwy) is a river in Patagonia, Southern Argentina. Its name derives from the Tehuelche word chupat, meaning "transparent", their description of the river. As this word is similar to the Spanish word chupar ("to suck" or, in slang, "to booze"), the river's name was bowdlerized — adjusted for public decorum. The Welsh name "Afon Camwy" means the "twisting river"