Etymology 1
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From Portuguese Brasil , from brasil ( “ brazilwood ” ) , originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa ( “ ember ” ) , ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō ( “ gleed, crackling coal ” ) , and -il ( “ -ile, -like, -y ” ) from Latin -īlis ( “ adjective suffix ” ) . Alternatively, this is a folk etymology for a word for the plant related to Arabic ورس .
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Pronunciation
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( UK , US ) IPA (key ) : /bɹə.ˈzɪl/ , [-ˈzɪɫ]
Audio (Southern England) (file )
Hyphenation: Bra‧zil
Rhymes: -ɪl
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Brazil
A large Portuguese -speaking country in South America . Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil . Capital: Brasília .
A city, the county seat of Clay County , Indiana , United States .
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Translations
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Portuguese-speaking country in South America
Abkhaz: Бразилия ( Brazilija )
Adyghe: Бразилие ( Brazilije )
Afrikaans: Brasilië
Albanian: Brazil ( indefinite ) , Brazili (sq) ( definite )
Amharic: ብራዚል ( bərazil )
Arabic: الْبَرَازِيل f ( al-barāzīl ) ( definite )
Aramaic: ܒܪܐܙܝܠ
Armenian: Բրազիլիա (hy) ( Brazilia )
Aromanian: Brazilii f ( indefinite ) , Brazilia f ( definite )
Assamese: ব্ৰাজিল ( brazil )
Asturian: Brasil (ast) m
Azerbaijani: Braziliya (az)
Basque: Brasil
Belarusian: Бразі́лія f ( Brazílija )
Bengali: ব্রাজিল (bn) ( brajil )
Bhutanese: བཱརཱ་ཛིལ ( bār̄ dzil )
Breton: Brazil (br)
Bulgarian: Брази́лия f ( Brazílija )
Burmese: ဘရာဇီး ( bha.raji: )
Carpathian Rusyn: Бразі́лія f ( Brazílija )
Catalan: Brasil (ca) m
Chechen: Бразили ( Brazili )
Cherokee: ᏆᏏᎵ ( quasili )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 巴西 ( baa1 sai1 )
Mandarin: 巴西 (zh) ( Bāxī )
Southern Min: 巴西 ( Pa-se )
Wu: 巴西 ( 1 pa-shi)
Corsican: Brasile (co) m
Czech: Brazílie (cs) f
Danish: Brasilien (da) n
Dhivehi: ބްރެޒިލް ( brezil ) , ބުރެޒިލް ( burezil )
Dutch: Brazilië (nl) n
Esperanto: Brazilo (eo)
Estonian: Brasiilia (et)
Farefare: Barazɩl
Faroese: Brasil n , Brasilia
Finnish: Brasilia (fi)
French: Brésil (fr) m
Galician: Brasil (gl) m
Georgian: ბრაზილია (ka) ( brazilia )
German: Brasilien (de) n
Greek: Βραζιλία (el) f ( Vrazilía )
Guaraní: Pindoráma , Vrasil
Gujarati: બ્રાઝીલ ( brājhīl )
Haitian Creole: Brezil
Hausa: Birazil
Hawaiian: Palakila
Hebrew: בְּרָזִיל (he) f ( brazíl )
Hindi: ब्राज़िल m ( brāzil ) , ब्राज़ील (hi) m ( brāzīl ) , ब्राजील m ( brājīl )
Hungarian: Brazília (hu)
Hunsrik: Brasil m
Icelandic: Brasilía (is) f
Ido: Brazilia (io)
Indonesian: Brasil (id) , Brazil (id)
Interlingua: Brasil
Irish: An Bhrasaíl f
Italian: Brasile (it) m
Japanese: ブラジル (ja) ( Burajiru ) , 伯剌西爾 (ja) ( ブラジル, Burajiru ) ( rare )
Kalenjin: Brazili
Kamba: Mbkasili
Kannada: ಬ್ರೆಜಿಲ್ (kn) ( brejil )
Kazakh: Бразилия (kk) ( Braziliä )
Khmer: ប្រេស៊ីល (km) ( preesiil )
Kikuyu: Buraziri
Korean: 브라질 (ko) ( Beurajil )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Brezîlya (ku)
Kyrgyz: Бразилия (ky) ( Braziliya )
Lao: ບຣາຊິລ ( ba rā sin ) , ບຣາຊິນ ( ba rā sin )
Latin: Brasilia (la) f
Latvian: Brazīlija (lv) f
Lithuanian: Brazilija (lt) f
Luhya: Brazil
Luo: Brasil
Luxembourgish: Brasilien (lb) n
Macedonian: Бразил (mk) m ( Brazil )
Malay: Brazil
Malayalam: ബ്രസീൽ ( brasīl )
Maltese: il-Brażil m ( definite )
Manx: Yn Vrasseel
Maori: Parīhi
Marathi: ब्राझिल ( brājhil )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: Бразилий ( Braziĺij )
Meru: Braziri
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Бразил ( Brazil )
Mongolian: ᠪᠷᠠᠽᠢᠯ ( brazil )
Nahuatl: Brasil (nah)
Navajo: Bwazííl
Nepali: ब्राजिल ( brājil )
Nheengatu: Pindorama , Braziu ( in official documents )
Norman: Brési m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Brasil (no) n
Odia: ବ୍ରାଜିଲ ( brajilô )
Old Tupi: Pindorama
Ossetian: Бразили ( Brazili )
Paraguayan Guaraní: Pindoráma
Pashto: برازيل m ( barazíl )
Persian:
Dari: بْرَازِیل ( brāzīl ) , بَرَازِیل ( barāzīl )
Iranian Persian: بِرِزیل (fa) ( berezil )
Polish: Brazylia (pl) f
Portuguese: Brasil (pt) m
Romanian: Brazilia (ro) f
Russian: Брази́лия (ru) f ( Brazílija )
Rwanda-Rundi: Burezile
Sanskrit: ब्रासील ( brāsīla )
Sardinian: Brasile m
Scots: Brazil
Scottish Gaelic: Braisil f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Бра̀зӣл m
Roman: Bràzīl (sh) m
Sicilian: Brasili (scn) m
Sinhalese: බ්රසීලය (si) ( brasīlaya )
Slovak: Brazília (sk) f
Slovene: Brazílija (sl) f
Spanish: Brasil (es) m
Sranan Tongo: Brasyon , Brasyonkondre
Swahili: Brazili (sw)
Swedish: Brasilien (sv) n
Tagalog: Brazil
Tajik: Бразилия (tg) ( Braziliya )
Tamil: பிரேசில் (ta) ( pirēcil )
Tatar: Бразилия (tt) ( Braziliyä )
Telugu: బ్రెజిల్ (te) ( brejil )
Thai: บราซิล (th) ( braa-sil )
Tibetan: པུ་རུ་ཟིལ ( pu ru zil )
Tigrinya: ብራዚል ( bərazil )
Tongan: Palāsili
Turkish: Brezilya (tr)
Turkmen: Braziliýa
Ukrainian: Брази́лія (uk) f ( Brazýlija )
Urdu: بْرَازِیل m ( brāzīl )
Uyghur: برازىلىيە ( braziliye )
Uzbek: Braziliya (uz)
Vietnamese: Bra-xin , Ba Tây
Volapük: Brasilän (vo)
Welsh: Brasil (cy)
Yiddish: בראַזיל ( brazil ) , בראַזיליע ( brazilye )
Yoruba: Bìràsílì
Zhuang: Bahsih
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(countries of South America ) country of South America ; Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Colombia , Ecuador , Guyana , Paraguay , Peru , Suriname , Uruguay , Venezuela
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Etymology 2
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Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Breasail ( “ descendant of Breasal ” ) , a byname meaning "strife".
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Pronunciation
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Brazil (plural Brazils )
A surname from Irish .
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According to the 2010 United States Census, Brazil is the 6373rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5343 individuals. Brazil is most common among White (70.19%) and Black/African American (20.4%) individuals.
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