Meaning
- A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.
- 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
Translations
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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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