brazil

Definition of Brazil in English :

Noun

1. brasil, brazil, federative republic of brazil

the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter

2. brazil, brazil nut

three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell

brazil nut

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Brazil

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noun

a republic in South America, comprising about half the area and half the population of South America: colonized by the Portuguese from 1500 onwards; became independent in 1822 and a republic in 1889; consists chiefly of the tropical Amazon basin in the north, semiarid scrub in the northeast, and a vast central tableland; an important producer of coffee and minerals, esp iron ore. Official language: Portuguese. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: real. Capital: Brasília. Pop: 209 288 278 (2017 est). Area: 8 511 957 sq km (3 286 470 sq miles)

noun

1. Also called: brazil wood

the red wood obtained from various tropical leguminous trees of the genus Caesalpinia, such as C. echinata of America: used for cabinetwork

2.

the red or purple dye extracted from any of these woods

Brazil

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country in central & NE South America, on the Atlantic: declared independence from Portugal (1822): 3,286,485 sq mi (8,511,963 sq km); pop. 146,155,000; cap. Brasília

noun

1.

brazilwood

2.

a red or blue dye from this wood

Brazil

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A country of eastern South America. The largest country in the continent, it was ruled by Portugal from 1500 to 1822, when it became a separate empire ruled by Pedro I, son of King John VI of Portugal. A republic was established in 1889. Brasília has been the capital since 1960; São Paulo is the largest city.

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