Brazil

proper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//bɹəˈzɪl//
United Kingdom/[-ˈzɪɫ]/

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

proper noun

1
A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.
In February, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe in Brazil made brief contact with the outside world before returning to the Amazon rainforest.
2
A city, the county seat of Clay County, Indiana, United States.

Etymology

Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *brasa Old Galician-Portuguese brasa Portuguese brasa Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -īlislbor. Portuguese -il Portuguese brasilder. Portuguese Terra do Brasilellip. Portuguese Brasilder. Portuguese Brazilbor. English Brazil 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”).

Bravo · A surname from Spanish.brawl · A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number…brazil · The hard, brown wood of a certain species of the tribe…

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

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