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Definition of Recife

1. Noun. A port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic.

Definition of Recife

1. Proper noun. State capital of Pernambuco (Brazil). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recife

Literary usage of Recife

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Recife has three banks, flourishing tobacco, soap, and paper factories, and two machine shops. The total value of the exports in the year 1872-'3 was ..."

2. History of Brazil by Robert Southey (1817)
"In Recife the distress was more severely felt: the city was searched for food, and all that could be found was seized for the common stock, a single pound ..."

3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"The Bairro do Recife is built on the south-eastern extremity of a low and ... The harbour is formed by a recife, or chain of reefs, which extends along the ..."

4. Thayer Expedition by Charles Frederick Hartt (1870)
"The northeastern part of this reef is called the Recife do Lixo, ... and frequents the reef in search of shellfish, on which it feeds. Recife DO LIXO. ..."

5. Through Five Republics (of South America): A Critical Description of by Percy Falcke Martin (1906)
"Thus, Para is also ' Belem,' Bahia is ' San Salvador,' and Pernambuco is ' Recife.' The Port and City of Para and Port of Ceara are described on pp. ..."

6. Thirsty Cities: Urban Environments and Water Supply in Latin Americaby Danilo J. Anton by Danilo J. Anton (1993)
"Recife and the ... lowlands Environment and history The city of Recife, capital of Pernambuco state in Brazil, was founded in the, 16th century. ..."

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