Mato Grosso do Sul

English

the Brazil state of Mato Grosso do Sul

Etymology

From Portuguese, literally meaning "Thick Forest of the South".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæt.oʊ ˈɡɹoʊ.soʊ doʊ ˈsul/, /ˈmæt.u-/, /ˈmæt.ə-/, /-ˈɡɹɑ-/, /-də-/, /-ˈsʌl/

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Proper noun

Mato Grosso do Sul

1. A state of the Center-West Region, Brazil. Capital: Campo Grande

Usage notes

Do not confuse Mato Grosso do Sul (postal code MS) with its neighboring state that borders it on the north, Mato Grosso (postal code MT).

Other names that were proposed, at the time of the state's establishment and afterwards, include "Pantanal" (a reference to its best known geographical feature) and "Maracaju" (a reference to the Maracaju Mountain Range that crosses the state from north to south).

Translations

state in south-western Brazil

• Arabic: مَاتُو غْرُوسُو دُو سُولْ (mātū ḡrūsū dū sūl)
• Armenian: Մատու Գրոսու դու Սուլ (Matu Grosu du Sul)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南馬托格羅索／南马托格罗索

• Corsican: Mato Grosso di u Sudu m, Mato Grosso do Sul m
• Dutch: Mato Grosso do Sul (nl)
• French: Mato Grosso du Sud m
• Georgian: მატუ-გროსუ-დუ-სული (maṭu-grosu-du-suli)
• Greek: Μάτο Γκρόσο ντο Σουλ (Máto Gkróso nto Soul)
• Italian: Mato Grosso do Sul m, Mato Grosso del Sud m
• Japanese: マットグロッソ・ド・スル州 (Mattogurosso do suru-shū), 南マットグロッソ州 (Minami Mattogurosso-shū)
• Latin: Matogrossensis Australis
• Occitan: Mato Grosso del Sud m
• Portuguese: Mato Grosso do Sul (pt) m
• Russian: Ма́ту-Гро́су-ду-Сул (Mátu-Grósu-du-Sul)
• Spanish: Mato Grosso del Sur

See also

• (states of Brazil) state of Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goias, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: en:States of Brazil)}

Further reading

• Category:Mato Grosso do Sul on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mato Grosso do Sul on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Mato Grosso do Sul on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Mato Grosso do Sul

Etymology

Literally, “South Mato Grosso”, because was originally the southern part of Mato Grosso that split from it in the late 1970s, forming a new state.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.tu ˈɡɾo.su du ˈsuw/ [ˈma.tu ˈɡɾo.su du ˈsuʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.tu ˈɡɾo.su du ˈsuw/ [ˈma.tu ˈɡɾo.su du ˈsuʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.to ˈɡɾo.so do ˈsuw/ [ˈma.to ˈɡɾo.so do ˈsuʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.tu ˈɡɾo.su du ˈsul/ [ˈma.tu ˈɣɾo.su ðu ˈsuɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.tu ˈɡɾo.su du ˈsul/ [ˈma.tu ˈɣɾo.su ðu ˈsuɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈma.tu ˈɡɾo.su du ˈsu.li/ [ˈma.tu ˈɣɾo.su ðu ˈsu.li]

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Proper noun

Mato Grosso do Sul m

1. A state of the Central-West Region, Brazil. Capital: Campo Grande

   Synonym: MS (abbreviation)

Related terms

• sul-mato-grossense, mato-grossense-do-sul (demonyms)

See also

• (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}