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Sergipe

American  
[suhr-zhee-puh] / sərˈʒi pə /

noun

  1. a state in NE Brazil. 8,490 sq. mi. (21,990 sq. km). Aracajú.


Sergipe British  
/ serˈʒipi /

noun

  1. a state of NE Brazil: the smallest Brazilian state; a centre of resistance to Dutch conquest (17th century). Capital: Aracajú. Pop: 1 846 039 (2002). Area: 13 672 sq km (8492 sq miles)

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Costa also said that the president would visit the state of Sergipe on Feb. 15 to resume a highways program.

From Reuters • Feb. 6, 2023

Local authorities in Sergipe state, in northeast Brazil, also reported a fatality.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2022

Brazil’s Federal Police released a statement Thursday that said they were investigating Santos’s death in the city of Umbaúba, in the northeastern state of Sergipe.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

A modest state championship game between Guarany-SE and Sergipe hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons in April.

From The Guardian • Dec. 31, 2012

The principal sugar-producing states are Alag�as, Sergipe, Pernambuco, Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, and the production is between 200,000 and 300,000 tons, the greater part of which is consumed in the country.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various