Belém

American  

[buh-lem, bey-lan] / bəˈlɛm, beɪˈlɛ̃ /

noun

1. a seaport in N Brazil on the Pará River.

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Belém British  

/ bəˈlẽi /

noun

1. a port in N Brazil, the capital of Pará state, on the Pará River: major trading centre for the Amazon basin. Pop: 2 097 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

BELÉM, Brazil—In the week preceding this year’s United Nations climate negotiations, hurricanes and typhoons battered countries including Jamaica and the Philippines.

From The Wall Street Journal

Belém was inundated with catalytic finance projects.

From The Wall Street Journal

So Lula talked of roadmaps away from fossil fuels to the handful of world leaders that came to Belém before the official start of the COP.

From BBC

Andre Correa do Lago, the dapper Brazilian diplomat who presided over the two-week affair in Belem, opened the final plenary hours late after nations worked through the night to find a text they could all live with.

From Barron's

The "tripling" goal agreed in Belem could mean $120 billion from that $300 billion is earmarked for adaptation, but close observers said clarity was still needed around that target.

From Barron's