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Definition: Brazil from Collins English Dictionary

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1 a republic in South America, comprising about half the area and half the population of South America: colonized by the Portuguese from 1500 onwards; became independent in 1822 and a republic in 1889; consists chiefly of the tropical Amazon basin in the north, semiarid scrub in the northeast, and a vast central tableland; an important producer of coffee and minerals, esp iron ore. Official language: Portuguese. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: real. Capital: Brasília. Pop: 201 009 622 (2013 est). Area: 8 511 957 sq km (3 286 470 sq miles)

Brazil

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(brӘzĭl'), Port. Brasil , officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2015 est. pop. 205,962,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America. By far the largest of the Latin American countries, Brazil occupies nearly half the continent of South America, stretching from the Guiana Highlands in the north, where it borders Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, to the plains of Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina in the south. In the west it spreads to the equatorial rain forest, bordering on Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia; in the east it juts far out into the Atlantic toward Africa. Brasília is the capital; the largest cities are São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro . Brazil's vast territory covers a great variety of land and climate, for although Brazil is mainly in the tropics (it is crossed by the equator in the north and by the Tropic of Capricorn in the south), the southern part of the great central upland is cool and yields the produce of temperate lands. Most of…
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The largest country in South America, Brazil covers almost half the continent. From the 16th–19th centuries it was ruled by the Portuguese who named it after the brazilwood tree. The country contains deserts in the northeast, rainforests in the north and west, and rolling grasslands in the south. …
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
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The Federative Republic of Brazil is the world's fifth largest country. Structurally, it has two main regions. In the N is the vast Amazon basin, once an inland sea and now drained by a river system that carries one-fifth of the world's running water. The largest area of river plain is in the upper…
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From Encyclopedia of Intelligence & Counterintelligence
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Getúlio Vargas ruled Brazil during the 1930s and early 1940s. Vargas, who had assumed dictatorial powers in 1937, played Germany and the United States against each other in order to obtain the best economic and military aid packages for his country. Both powers sought Brazil's favor in order to have…
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From The Edinburgh International Encyclopaedia of Psychoanalysis
The first period of psychoanalysis in Brazil began in 1919, with the publication of Freud’s papers and the appearance of groups interested in analytic ideas, and continued until 1936, when Adelheid Koch, from the Berlin Society, arrived in Brazil to begin the training of analysts in São Paulo. The…
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From Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present Full text Article A-Z Entries
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Nation in northeastern South America officially called the Federative Republic of Brazil; it borders Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia and the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil boasts one of the world's fastest growing economies in the…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(brӘzĭl'), Port. Brasil , officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2015 est. pop. 205,962,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America. By far the largest of the Latin American countries, Brazil occupies nearly half the continent of South America, stretching from the Guiana…
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From Latin American History and Culture: Encyclopedia of Early Modern Latin America (1820s to 1900)
Brazil is located in eastern South America. It is the largest Latin American country, encompassing more than 3 million square miles (7.7 million km 2 ). Brazil shares a border with every South American country except Ecuador and Chile and has a 4,600-mile (7,403-km) coast along the Atlantic Ocean. …
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From Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
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POPULATION 201,009,622 ROMAN CATHOLIC 64.6 percent PROTESTANT 22.2 percent SPIRITISM 2 percent OTHER 3.2 percent NONAFFILIATED 8 percent Introduction Brazil, a predominantly Roman Catholic nation, is located on the east coast of South America. It shares a border with French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, …
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From The Oxford Companion to International Relations
Given its size and importance as one of the more significant developing countries in the world, Brazil is well placed to influence the politics of its region and beyond. Yet it is a country that is still new to the game of international affairs. With the exception of sending an expeditionary force…
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From Latin American History and Culture: Encyclopedia of Pre-Colonial Latin America (Prehistory to 1550s)
The early history of Brazil is part of the larger story of Portuguese expansion. Portugal, located on the edge of western Europe, was in many ways a bridge between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic during the early modern era. The origins of Portugal's expansionism can be traced to the invasion of…
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