Rio de Janeiro

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Rio de Ja·nei·ro

(dā zhə-nâr′ō, dē, dĭ) Familiarly known as "Rio."

A city of southeast Brazil on Guanabara Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. The city's name, Portuguese for "River of January," reflects the fact that the first European explorers to visit the bay, in January 1502, believed it was the mouth of a river. The city, founded in 1565, was the capital of Brazil from 1763 until 1960, when the government was transferred to Brasília.

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Rio de Janeiro

(ˈriːəʊ də dʒəˈnɪərəʊ) or

Rio

1. (Placename) a port in SE Brazil, on Guanabara Bay: the country's chief port and its capital from 1763 to 1960; backed by mountains, notably Sugar Loaf Mountain; founded by the French in 1555 and taken by the Portuguese in 1567. Pop: 11 469 000 (2005 est).

2. (Placename) a state of E Brazil. Capital: Rio de Janeiro. Pop: 14 724 475 (2002). Area: 42 911 sq km (16 568 sq miles)

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Ri•o de Ja•nei•ro

(ˈri oʊ deɪ ʒəˈnɛər oʊ, dʒə-, di, də)
n.

1. a state in SE Brazil. 13,316,455; 17,091 sq. mi. (44,268 sq. km).

2. the capital of this state, on Guanabara Bay: former capital of Brazil. 5,184,292.

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Rio de Janeiro - the former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction

Rio

Brasil, Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil - the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter

Carioca - a native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

[ˌriːəʊdədʒəˈnɪərəʊ] N → Río m de Janeiro

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Rio de Janeiro

[ˌriːəʊdədʒəˈnɪərəʊ] n → Rio de Janeiro

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Rio de Janeiro

[ˌriːəʊdədʒəˈnɪərəʊ] n → Rio de Janeiro f

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I've got slippers waiting for me in a tea-house in Shanghai, and I don't have to tell 'em how to cook my eggs in Rio de Janeiro or Seattle.

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Rio de Janeiro is a cottage surrounded by four walls, and George Gaunt is accredited to a keeper, who has invested him with the order of the Strait-Waistcoat." These are the kinds of epitaphs which men pass over one another in Vanity Fair.

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Rio de Janeiro -- Excursion north of Cape Frio -- Great Evaporation -- Slavery -- Botofogo Bay -- Terrestrial Planariae -- Clouds on the Corcovado -- Heavy Rain -- Musical Frogs -- Phosphorescent Insects -- Elater, springing powers of -- Blue Haze -- Noise made by a Butterfly -- Entomology -- Ants -- Wasp killing a Spider -- Parasitical Spider -- Artifices of an Epeira -- Gregarious Spider -- Spider with an unsymmetrical Web.

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He was especially interested in such humanitarian work, and had recently helped to organize the first Brazilian school for deaf-mutes at Rio de Janeiro. And so, with the tall, blond-bearded Dom Pedro in the centre, the assembled judges, and scientists--there were fully fifty in all-- entered with unusual zest into the proceedings of this first telephone exhibition.

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The Fairmont Rio de Janeiro Copacabana (Brazil) is the brand's first establishment in South America.

Accor: On Copacabana Beach

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Brazilian singer and "godmother of samba" Beth Carvalho died from sepsis in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, her publicist and hospital said.

Brazil's 'godmother of samba' Beth Carvalho dies

Summary: Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], Feb 8 (ANI): At least 10 people were killed in a massive blaze that swept through a training centre of Brazilian football club Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro in the early morning hours of Friday.

10 dead in Brazil football training centre fire

Do ambito brasileiro, colaboram professores e pesquisadores das seguintes instituicoes: Universidade de Sao Paulo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade de Brasilia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Universidade Federal de Goias, Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Universidade Federal da Integracao Latino Americana e Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

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Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- The jury of the International Short Film Festival 2018 held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, awarded 'Manicure', an Iranian short film directed by Arman Fayyaz.

Iranian Short Wins at Rio de Janeiro Film Festival

Jenishbekov got into the Rio de Janeiro team in the weight category up to 55 kg.