Brazil

See also: brazil

English

Etymology

From Portuguese brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪl
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /bɹəˈzɪl/
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Proper noun

Brazil

  1. A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil.
  2. A city in Indiana, USA, and the county seat of Clay County.

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Albanian

Proper noun

Brazil m (definite Brazili)

  1. Brazil

Breton

Proper noun

Brazil

  1. Brazil

Portuguese

Proper noun

Brazil m

  1. Obsolete spelling of Brasil

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Brazil m (Cyrillic spelling Бразил)

  1. Brazil
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