One of the newest cities in the world, Brasilia was inaugurated in 1960 to replace Rio de Janeiro as Brazil's capital. The Brazilian government moved the capital in an effort to promote development in central Brazil. In less than thirty years, its population had grown to over a million inhabitants.
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Ties between Brazil and the United States appear to be on the mend after months of animosity between Washington and Brasilia.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
However, ties between Brazil and the United States appear to be on the mend after months of animosity between Washington and Brasilia.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
Barring complications, Bolsonaro should be discharged on January 1, surgeon Claudio Birolini told reporters at the private DF Star clinic in Brasilia.
From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025
The former leader is serving his sentence in a federal police jail in Brasilia, the capital, after being deemed a flight risk and removed from home detention.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025
And the advocates of development are often from Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, or Brasilia, cities that are thousands of miles away from the Amazon and culturally almost as remote as environmentalists’ cities.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
