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Definition of Brazil
1. Noun. 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.
Examples of category: Macumba
Group relationships: Oas, Organization Of American States
Generic synonyms: South American Country, South American Nation
Terms within: Triple Frontier, Acre, Belem, Feliz Lusitania, Para, Santa Maria De Belem, St. Mary Of Bethlehem, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Brazilian Capital, Capital Of Brazil, Curitiba, Joao Pessoa, Governador Valadares, Limeira, Natal, Rio, Rio De Janeiro, Pernambuco, Recife, Santos, Sao Bernardo Do Campo, Sao Goncalo, Sao Joao De Meriti, Sao Jose Dos Campos, Sao Louis, Sao Paulo, Amazon, Amazon River, Araguaia, Araguaia River, Araguaya, Araguaya River, Iguassu, Iguassu Falls, Iguazu, Iguazu Falls, Victoria Falls, Madeira, Madeira River, Para, Para River, Parana, Parana River, Parnahiba, Parnaiba, Paulo Afonso, Paulo Afonso Falls, Purus, Purus River, Sao Francisco, Guaira, Guaira Falls, Sete Quedas, Tocantins, Tocantins River, Urubupunga, Urubupunga Falls
Group relationships: South America
Member holonyms: Brazilian
Derivative terms: Brazilian
2. Noun. Three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell.
Generic synonyms: Edible Nut
Group relationships: Bertholletia Excelsa, Brazil Nut, Brazil-nut Tree
Definition of Brazil
1. Proper noun. A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Capital: Brasilia. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil ''(República Federativa do Brasil)''. ¹
2. Noun. A Brazil nut ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brazil
1. a dyewood [n -S] - See also: dyewood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brazil
Literary usage of Brazil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"1821 Brazil Brazil—continued. Bahnen Xcu-Hamburg—Caxias und ... 109 t Brazil in
1898: JM Boraston, XIV. 5841 Capital, the future, VI. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Edward Aloysius Pace (1922)
"For 1920-21 the estimated coffee Nacional (1915), Pouso Alegre (1900), liberaba
supply of India rubber comes from Brazil, the prin- name changed 1917, ..."
3. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"1 1 y 1 i 8 1 11 3 1 7 11 8 18 8 8 1 1 8 1 5 2 2 7 4 1 4 6 1 5 4 3 9 18 1 2 2 8
10 8 7 2 6 1 5 3 1 13 Brazil 8. Brazil and La Plata Amazonia to Patagonia ..."
4. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"As early as April, trouble between Brazil and Germany had reached a climax when
the Brazilian steamer Parana was torpedoed. Forty-six German ships, ..."
5. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1813)
"It comprehends the following provinces : Brazil was ... The extent of Brazil from
the eaft, where it borders upon the North Sea, to the weft, ..."
6. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"All intercourse and commerce between Brazil and foreign nations was prohibited.
... Titulary distinctions had been hitherto almost unknown in Brazil, ..."
7. History of England from the Accession of Henry III to the Death of Edward by Thomas Frederick Tout (1906)
"Meanwhile, the relations between Portugal and Brazil occasioned ... On leaving
Brazil, King John VI. had entrusted the government to his elder son, Peter, ..."
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