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Campo Grande

American  
[kahn-poo grahn-duh] / ˈkɑ̃ pʊ ˈgrɑ̃ də /

noun

  1. a city in SW Brazil.


Campo Grande British  
/ ˈkəːmpu ˈɡrəːndə /

noun

  1. a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)

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Campo Grande Ibérico pork, $159, about 5.5 pounds, shipped frozen, eatcampogrande.com.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2022

Manhattan has the gridlike street layout of Brazilian cities like Campo Grande and Curitiba, while the Bronx’s streets look like those of Porto, Portugal.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 7, 2014

A court in Brazil has ordered the arrest of a Google executive after the company refused to take down videos that criticized a candiate for mayor of the city of Campo Grande.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2012

"The chances of finding survivors here are zero," said Leandro Vabo, head of a medical team in Campo Grande.

From Reuters • Jan. 15, 2011

Near Campo Grande, the scenery is diversified by several little green plains, with only an insulated tree here and there, decorated with air plants in bloom, and scarlet creepers.

From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria