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Campinas

American  
[kam-pee-nuhs, kahn-pee-nuhs] / kæmˈpi nəs, kɑ̃ˈpi nəs /

noun

  1. a city in SE Brazil, NNW of São Paulo.


Campinas British  
/ kæmˈpiːnəs, kəmˈpiːnəʃ /

noun

  1. a city in SE Brazil, in São Paulo state: centre of a rich agricultural region, producing esp coffee. Pop: 2 640 000 (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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The study was carried out by the universities of Exeter and Campinas, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Trinity College Dublin.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024

Working with researchers at the University of São Paulo and State University of Campinas in Brazil, we have now published a broader analysis of global nutrient trade over time and its impact on health.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024

Lapola, a professor at the State University of Campinas, argues that the tipping point of the Amazon rainforest is more likely tied to climate change rather than the rate of deforestation.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2023

Two of the universities, the State University of Campinas and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, are public, even though Brazil, like the United States, is a constitutionally secular state.

From Scientific American ● May 12, 2023

The oldest coffee-growing district in São Paulo is Campinas.

From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

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