Brazil

See also: brazil

English

Etymology 1

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.

A discredited alternative etymology relates it to the mythical Celtic island of Brasil (or "Hy-Brasil"), possibly from Irish Uí Breasail, meaning "clan of Bresail".

Alternative forms

• Brasil (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /bɹə.ˈzɪl/, [-ˈzɪɫ]

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Bra‧zil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Proper noun

Brazil

2. A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.
3. A city, the county seat of Clay County, Indiana, United States.

Derived terms

• Brazilian
• Brazilification
• Brazil nut

 

Related terms

• Brasília

Translations

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 (¹pa-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: Brasil
• 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

See also

• (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Further reading

• Brazil on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Brazil on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Category:Brazil on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Breasail (“descendant of Breasal”), a byname meaning "strife".

Alternative forms

• Brazzle

Proper noun

Brazil (plural Brazils)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brazil is the 6373^rd 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brazil”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220.

Albanian

Proper noun

Brazil m (definite Brazili)

1. Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

Breton

Proper noun

Brazil

1. Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Brazil m

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Brasil.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brǎziːl/

Proper noun

Bràzīl m (Cyrillic spelling Бра̀зӣл)

1. Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)