Alagoas
Americannoun
noun
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Three days of mourning have been declared by the governor of Alagoas state.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
He continued in politics and later served 26 years as a conservative senator for the northeastern state of Alagoas, where his well-to-do family was from.
From Reuters • May 31, 2023
In Alagoas, the state government said 33 municipalities have declared an emergency due to the effects of the heavy rains in the past several days.
From Seattle Times • May 28, 2022
“As a Brazilian it made me feel like I was being excluded from my own country,” said the pastor, who lives in Maragogi, a beach town in the northeastern state of Alagoas.
From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2020
Having landed General Lima and the troops at Alagoas on the 16th, he arrived off Pernambuco on the 18th.
From The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I by Bourne, H. R. Fox (Henry Richard Fox)
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