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Florianópolis

American  
[flawr-ee-uh-nop-uh-lis, flohr-, flaw-ryuh-naw-poo-lees] / ˌflɔr i əˈnɒp ə lɪs, ˌfloʊr-, ˌflɔ ryəˈnɔ pʊˌlis /

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Santa Catarina state, on an island off the southern coast of Brazil.


Florianópolis British  
/ floriəˈnɔpulis /

noun

  1. a port in S Brazil, capital of Santa Catarina state, on the W coast of Santa Catarina Island. Pop: 884 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Black Coffee's plane, which was travelling on Sunday from the Brazilian city of Florianopolis, was forced to make an emergency landing at an airport in Uruguay's capital, Montevideo.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

Vasques’ arrest took place in Brazil’s southern city of Florianopolis and he will be taken by a police plane to Brasilia, the capital, the source said.

From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2023

The former Victoria’s Secret Angel is ringing in the new year at Florianopolis, Brazil alongside her beau of nearly a year, fellow model Richard Lee.

From Fox News • Jan. 5, 2022

He’d won five of the six races he’d competed in that year and crushed the world Ironman record by four minutes in Florianopolis, Brazil, finishing in 7 hours 40 minutes 23 seconds.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2018

Dester�ro, now Florianopolis, a seaport of Brazil, capital of the state of Santa-Catharina.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

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