Brazil
See also: brazil
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Portuguese Brazil, older spelling of 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”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (UK, US) IPA(key): /bɹəˈzɪl/, [-ˈzɪɫ]
Audio (US): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (UK): (file) - Hyphenation: Bra‧zil
- Rhymes: -ɪl
Proper noun
editBrazil
- 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.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editPortuguese-speaking country in South America
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- Brazil on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
- Brazil on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
- Category:Brazil on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 2
editReduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Breasail (“descendant of Breasal”), a byname meaning "strife".
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBrazil (plural Brazils)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
edit- 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.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brazil”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220.
Albanian
editProper noun
editBrazil m (definite Brazili)
- Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
Breton
editProper noun
editBrazil
- Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
Portuguese
editProper noun
editBrazil m
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Brasil.
- 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XI, in Cahetés[2], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 74:
- — Sim? acudiu Nicolau radiante. Pois eu apenas repeti as informações dos jornaes. Foi um caso divulgado, rolou por este Brazil todo. Os senhores com certeza leram. O Correio da Manhã, o Estado de S. Paulo, outro de nome arrevezado, publicaram. E eu, que não gosto de propaganda, até me acanhei.
- “Yes?”, Nicolau replied, radiant. “Well, I only related what was reported in the papers. It was a widely publicized case, it made waves all over Brazil. You gentlemen must have read about it. Correio da Manhã, Estado de S. Paulo, and another one with a strange name all published it. And I, who don’t care for publicity, even felt a little uneasy.”
Usage notes
edit- This spelling coexisted with Brasil.
- The country’s official name technically changed in 1931, with the passing of the 1931 Orthographic Agreement. However, since the agreement was largely not followed, the spelling with a ⟨z⟩ remained in occasional use for some time. Nevertheless, the spelling Brasil became increasingly more common and was notably used in the Brazilian Constitution of 1934, which otherwise actively repeals this spelling reform, employs the spelling with an ⟨s⟩.
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBràzīl m (Cyrillic spelling Бра̀зӣл)
- Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
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