Meaning

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

Synonyms

Águas de São Pedro

the Federative Republic of Brazil

pernambuco wood

pau brasil

pernambucco wood

𐐒𐑉𐐲𐑆𐐮𐑊

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɹə.ˈzɪl/
Etymology

From Portuguese Brazil, older spelling of Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), and -il (“-ile, -like, -y”) from Latin -īlis (“adjective suffix”).

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