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Boa Vista

British  
/ ˈboːə ˈviʃtə /

noun

  1. a town in N Brazil, capital of the state of Roraima, on the Rio Branco. Pop: 275 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It said the majority of shigella cases were among people who had been to the Santa Maria and Boa Vista areas.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

She said she misses family but the access to water in Boa Vista - in public restrooms near a beach - is better than what she had at home.

From Washington Times • May 16, 2023

He was wearing a Yankees cap while riding a bike from his job at an ice factory in Boa Vista, a city in the Amazon.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2023

Brazil’s first minister of Indigenous peoples was in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state, responding to a crisis she had called a “genocide.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2023

Fauna.—Quails are found in all the islands; rabbits in Boa Vista, S�o Thiago and Fogo; wild boars in S�o Thiago.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

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