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Definition of Pernambuco

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

Definition of Pernambuco

1. Proper noun. State in north-eastern Brazil which has Recife as its capital. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pernambuco

Literary usage of Pernambuco

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

1. Final Justice: Police and Death Squad Homicides of Adolescents in Brazil by Ben Penglase (1994)
"Like other Pernambuco state government officials, he assigned a large part of the ... 43 Officials with the Pernambuco state Justice Ministry and the state ..."

2. Latin America and the United States: Addresses by Elihu Root, Robert Bacon, James Brown Scott (1917)
"... GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF Pernambuco At a Breakfast given by him to Mr. Root, ... 1906 His Excellency Sigismundo Goncalvez, Governor of Pernambuco, ..."

3. The History of Brazil: From the Period of the Arrival of the Braganza Family by John Armitage (1836)
"... CHAPTER XL Revolt in Pernambuco—Arrest and subsequent release of Manoel ... the command of Francisco de Lima—Arrival of Commodore Jewett in Pernambuco, ..."

4. Travels in the Interior of Brazil: Principally Through the Northern by George Gardner (1846)
"Departure from Rio de Janeiro—Arrival at Bahia—Description of this City—Voyage to Pernambuco—Jangadas—Description of the City and Environs of Pernambuco—The ..."

5. Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Lord Chancellor, and the Court by John Peter De Gex, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Henry Cadman Jones (1858)
"It was a general or frequent course of business pursued by the Pernambuco firm, in making purchases in the Brazils or elsewhere of produce to be consigned ..."

6. The Bible in Brazil: Colporter Experiences by Hugh Clarence Tucker (1902)
"AUGUST 29, 1889, I embarked on Her British Majesty's Royal Mail steamer, " Atrato" for Pernambuco, to begin a journey through the northern provinces and up ..."

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