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Castelo Branco

American  
[kahs-te-loo brahn-koo] / kɑsˈtɛ lʊ ˈbrɑ̃ kʊ /

noun

  1. HumbertodeAlencar 1900–67, Brazilian general and statesman: president 1964–67.


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Portugal is on high alert for blazes, and more than 500 firefighters are scrambling to put out flames that started on Friday afternoon in a forest area in the central Castelo Branco district.

From Reuters ● Aug. 4, 2023

Her campaign group in Castelo Branco has already split, with half its members now open to the possibility of an open-pit lithium mine above her village.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2020

That is a point that Isabel Castelo Branco, the secretary of state for the Treasury in Portugal, made sure to emphasize in a recent interview.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2014

Castelo Branco is sometimes called the Balzac of Portugal, but Ruiz himself is not exactly what you would call a realist.

From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2011

Castelo Branco, White Castle Portugal Semisoft; goat or goat and sheep; fermented.

From The Complete Book of Cheese by Robert Carlton Brown

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