Alagoas

[ah-luh-goh-uhs]

noun

1. a state in NE Brazil. 10,674 sq. mi. (27,650 sq. km). Maceió.

Alagoas

/ alaˈɡoːaʃ /

noun

1. a state in NE Brazil, on the Atlantic coast. Capital: Maceió. Pop: 2 887 535 (2002). Area: 30 776 sq km (11 031 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Born on 22 June 1936 in a rural settlement north-east of Alagoas, he was unable to work outside with his family because of his albinism, and taught himself music while spending his days indoors.

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Alagoas state's health department said the virus situation in the region had improved in recent years thanks to their efforts in educating citizens to clear stagnant water and training health surveillance officials.

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"Lua quickly became the symbol of the programme, being used in local media and community activities to gain public attention," said Iran Normande, from the Federal University of Alagoas in Brazil, one of the authors of the study.

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Brazil's Transnordestina railway, which has been under construction for over 15 years but is only half completed, could be key to that expansion, said the minister, part of a powerful political family in the northeastern state of Alagoas.

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Around 200,000 people in the Alagoas state’s capital of Maceio were affected by the excessive extraction of rock salt, according to the Brazil Senate’s website.

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