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brasil

Noun

The largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world;
Located in the central and northeastern part of South America;
World's leading coffee exporter (synset 108872733)
associated with: macumba - (Brazil) followers of a religious cult of African origin

is an instance of: south american country, south american nation - any one of the countries occupying the South American continent

member holonym: brazilian - a native or inhabitant of Brazil

belongs to: oas, organization of american states - an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation
has:
- triple frontier - the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet; an active South American center for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups
- acre - a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
- belem, feliz lusitania, para, santa maria de belem, st. mary of bethlehem - port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin
- belo horizonte - city in southeastern Brazil to the north of Rio de Janeiro; the first of Brazil's planned communities
- brasilia, brazilian capital, capital of brazil - the capital of Brazil; a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960
- curitiba - a city in southeastern Brazil
- joao pessoa - a city in northeastern Brazil near the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Recife
- governador valadares - a city in eastern Brazil to the northeast of Belo Horizonte
- limeira - a city of southeastern Brazil (northwest of Sao Paulo)
- natal - a port city in northeastern Brazil
- rio, rio de janeiro - the former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
- pernambuco, recife - a port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic
- santos - a port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo
- sao bernardo do campo - a city in southeastern Brazil; an industrial suburb of Sao Paulo
- sao goncalo - an industrial city in southeastern Brazil across the bay from Rio de Janeiro
- sao joao de meriti - a city in southeastern Brazil that is a residential suburb of Rio de Janeiro
- sao jose dos campos - a city in southeastern Brazil to the northeast of Sao Paulo
- sao louis - a city on an offshore island in northeast Brazil
- sao paulo - an ultramodern city in southeastern Brazil; the largest city in South America
- amazon, amazon river - a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)
- araguaia, araguaia river, araguaya, araguaya river - a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River
- iguassu, iguassu falls, iguazu, iguazu falls, victoria falls - a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil
- madeira, madeira river - a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River
- para, para river - an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows
- parana, parana river - a South American river; tributary of Rio de la Plata
- parnahiba, parnaiba - a river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean
- paulo afonso, paulo afonso falls - a major waterfall in northeastern Brazil
- purus, purus river - a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River
- sao francisco - a river in eastern Brazil flowing into the Atlantic Ocean
- guaira, guaira falls, sete quedas - a great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay
- tocantins, tocantins river - a river in eastern Brazil that flows generally north to the Para River
- urubupunga, urubupunga falls - a waterfall in the Parana river in Brazil
is a part of: south america - a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama

same as: brazil, federative republic of brazil

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