Caxias
[ kah-shee-uh s ]
/ kɑˈʃi əs /
noun
a city in NE Brazil.
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Examples from the Web for caxias
The expenses were mounting up to sixty millions a year; the country chafed at the delays, Caxias quarrelled with the ministers.
The South American Republics Part I of II|Thomas C. DawsonAs soon as Caxias had finished the pacification of Minas, he was ordered south.
The South American Republics Part I of II|Thomas C. DawsonRe-enforcements were vigorously recruited from all over the empire, and in July, 1867, the cautious Caxias began a slow advance.
The South American Republics Part I of II|Thomas C. Dawson