Brasil
noun
the Portuguese spelling of Brazil
Brasil
1 British
/ brəˈziːl /
noun
brasil
2
British
/ brəˈzɪl /
noun
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BBC Brasil and BBC Mundo were informed by three people close to the Bolsonaros that the senator had arrived in the US.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
State-controlled oil producer Petrobras rises 6% in local currency and state bank Banco do Brasil is up 11%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The 53-year-old's name no longer appears on the agency's list of those in its custody, BBC News Brasil has confirmed.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
Brazil has the world's third largest pet population, with 160 million animal companions, according to data from the Pet Brasil Institute.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
In the courts and squares of the great cities ambassadors from Brasil and Benin, from Eireland and Corea mingled with tabaco sellers, with commedia players from Bergamo, with dealers in fortune bonds.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
It produces silk, benzoin, lac, brasil, wax, and ivory.
From History of the Philippine Islands by James Alexander Robertson
Hojeda arrived at the port where the brasil is, five days ago.
From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Bartolom? de las Casas
The Admiral ordered two or three caravels to be got ready, and sent Roldan with a force to prohibit the cutting of brasil wood, suspecting that Hojeda would load with it.
From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Bartolom? de las Casas
He loketh as a sperhauk with his yën; Him nedeth nat his colour for to dyen With brasil, ne with greyn of Portingale.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
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