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Caxias

American  
[kah-shee-uhs] / kɑˈʃi əs /

noun

  1. a city in NE Brazil.


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Residents waded through waist-high water Monday to navigate streets in Duque de Caxias.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024

The dramatic footage was filmed in Caxias do Sul.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2023

None of this helped when Ms. Carvalho pulled her tiny Honda into the blustery southern city of Caxias do Sul on Sept. 19 after a two-day drive from her last stop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2015

In Duque de Caxias, on the bay’s west coast, just 7 percent of sewage is treated.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2015

Meanwhile Caxias had at last begun to win victories.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.

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