Minas Gerais
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese Minas Gerais.
Proper nounEdit
Minas Gerais
- A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Belo Horizonte
TranslationsEdit
state in south-eastern Brazil
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CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Portuguese Minas Gerais.
Proper nounEdit
Minas Gerais f
- Minas Gerais (a state of Brazil; capital: Belo Horizonte)
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Literally, “General Mines”. Two origins are proposed:
- Literal meaning: the mines spread in several spots around a larger region
- From Minas dos Matos Gerais ("Mines of the General Woods"), which encompasses the region of "Mines" and the region of "General Woods" (or "General Fields"), which were farther from mines and harder to access
PronunciationEdit
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Proper nounEdit
- A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Belo Horizonte