Campinas

[ kam-pee-nuhs; Portuguese kahn-pee-nuhs ]

noun

1. a city in SE Brazil, NNW of São Paulo.

Campinas

/ kəmˈpiːnəʃ; kæmˈpiːnəs /

noun

1. a city in SE Brazil, in São Paulo state: centre of a rich agricultural region, producing esp coffee. Pop: 2 640 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Branch offices are maintained at Rio de Janeiro, Campinas, and in other cities in coffee-growing countries.

From Project Gutenberg

The mountain-glens were filled with long droves of cattle and flocks of sheep from the campinas of Medina Sidonia.

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The Bourbons grown in the Campinas district often have a red center.

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The oldest coffee-growing district in São Paulo is Campinas.

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