Brazil
[brə'zil]
Definition
(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.
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Definition
n. usually Brazil′-wood the hard reddish wood of an East Indian tree known as sappan used in dyeing.—n. Brazil′ian a native of Brazil in South America.—adj. belonging to Brazil.—n. Brazil′-nut the edible seed of a large tree native of Brazil.
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Examples
- The new arrival was the Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil, who had once visited Bell’s school for deaf-mutes in Boston. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Brazil, said one gossip to another, with a grin--Brazil is St. John's Wood. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Up to this time, all the rubber was called Para rubber, named from the town of Para in Brazil, from which all rubber was shipped. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Why do I secretly give Miss Shepherd twelve Brazil nuts for a present, I wonder? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Lord George gave up his post on the European continent, and was gazetted to Brazil. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We see it also in the birds of the caves of Brazil. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The peanut, for example, contains 43% of fat, 30% of proteids, and only 17% of carbohydrates; the Brazil nut has 65% of fat, 17% of proteids, and only 9% of carbohydrates. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This didn't pay, so he started a restaurant in Pernambuco, Brazil. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Nor can we tell much more of the swift spread of Spanish adventurers over the rest of America, outside the Portuguese reservation of Brazil. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Lund and Clausen in the caves of Brazil. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Wales, a merchant of Boston, conceived the idea of sending American boot and shoe lasts to Brazil for use in place of their clay models. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In that year the emperor was quietly packed off to Paris, and Brazil came into line with the rest of the continent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In Brazil the juice is collected in clay vessels and smoked and dried in a smouldering fire of palm nuts, which gives the material its dark brown appearance. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But people knew better; he never returned from that Brazil expedition--never died there--never lived there--never was there at all. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When first collecting in the fresh waters of Brazil, I well remember feeling much surprise at the similarity of the fresh-water insects, shells, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The Brazils, Portugal, Sicily, were all overstocked by nearly two years' consumption. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It would amount to more than ?2,600,000 a year, which is more than the Brazils are supposed to afford. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It was more than a hundred years after the first settlement of the Brazils, before any silver, gold, or diamond mines, were discovered there. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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