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Barra Mansa

American  
[bahr-uh mahn-suh, bah-rah mahn-sah] / ˈbɑr ə ˈmɑn sə, ˈbɑ rɑ ˈmɑ̃ sɑ /

noun

  1. a city in Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil.

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Barros’s son lives with his grandmother in Barra Mansa, and visits his mother on weekends.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2018

Barros, who is thirty-seven, grew up in the small city of Barra Mansa, the daughter of working-class parents.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2018

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