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Brazil (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 10 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -10.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 055 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -55.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Large nation comprising the Amazon basin in the north and the Brazilian plateau in south. The area was inhabited by Tupí-Guaraní peoples, who were semi-nomadic and lived in scattered settlements, when it was charted by the Portuguese ca. 1500. European colonization began in 1530. The official language is Portuguese. |
Names: |
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| Brasil (preferred,C,V,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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| Brasil (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| República Federativa do Brasil (C,V,O,Portuguese,U,N)
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| Brazil (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Federative Republic of Brazil (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Brésil (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| République fédérative du Brésil (C,O,French,U,N)
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| República Federativa del Brasil (C,O,Spanish,U)
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| Brasilien (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Brazilië (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
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| Brasile (C,O,Italian-P,U,N)
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| Бразилия (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Федеративная Республика Бразилия (C,V,Russian,U)
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| 巴西 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| 巴西联邦共和国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| ابًرازًي (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| الجهور ةً الاتحاد ةً ا بًرازً ةََ (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| BRA (C,O,ISO3L)
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| BR (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO076 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| BR00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Estados Unidos do Brasil (H,V)
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............ | 1891-1967 |
| United States of Brazil (H,V)
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............ | 1891-1967 |
| Brazilian (C,O,English,U,A)
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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independence declared September 7, 1822 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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declared 1889; restored 1946, reconstituted 1967 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Brasília .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, South America, Brazil, Distrito Federal) [7005845] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
| successor of .... |
Brazil, Empire of .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, South America) [8712633] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| République fédérative du Brésil.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 776 |
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