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Pelotas

American

[puh-loh-tuhs, pi-law-tahs] / pəˈloʊ təs, pɪˈlɔ tɑs /

noun

a city in S Brazil.

Pelotas British

/ peˈlɔtas /

noun

a port in S Brazil, in Rio Grande do Sul on the Canal de São Gonçalo. Pop: 323 000 (2005 est)

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Garcia Schlee, who was then an illustrator living in the town of Pelotas, near the Uruguayan border, created more than a hundred designs for the competition.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 11, 2014

On 14th of May 1887, in conjunction with the viscount de Pelotas, Fonseca issued a manifesto in defence of the military officers’ political rights.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

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