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Definition of Curitiba

1. Noun. A city in southeastern Brazil.

Definition of Curitiba

1. Proper noun. State capital of Paraná (Brazil) and the largest city in southern Brazil. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curitiba

Literary usage of Curitiba

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

1. Pioneering in South Brazil: Three Years of Forest and Prairie Life in the by Thomas Plantagenet Bigg-Wither (1878)
"Life at Curitiba.—Preparing for an advance. —The inhabitants of Curitiba. WE had now arrived at one of the starting points of the exploration. ..."

2. OECD Economic Surveys Brazil 2001 by OECD Staff, Oecd (2001)
"The city of Curitiba: a case of sustainable urban development The first urban ... the number of inhabitants in Curitiba increased from 300000to 2.1 million. ..."

3. Brazil by Anton Jakob, Fernanda Cordoeiro, Claus Jäke (2000)
"part relatively early in the morning from the Curitiba train station. ... (95 kilometers northwest of Curitiba) make an appealing day trip. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"When the Munson line steamship Curitiba, bound for New York, ... These facts were given to the author of this paper by Captain Hoppe of the Curitiba. ..."

5. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1884)
"This cataract, which Don Eamon actually visited, is situated about six leagues from the point of junction of the Curitiba with the Paraná, and is locally ..."

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