Caxias

[kah-shee-uhs]

noun

1. a city in NE Brazil.

Example Sentences

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

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“We are completely abandoned,” Duque de Caxias resident Eliana Vieira Krauss, 54, charged.

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The dramatic footage was filmed in Caxias do Sul.

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When Brazil qualified for the World Cup he made the almost 20km pilgrimage from his home in Caxias do Sul to Farroupilha.

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While at Caxias in the late 1980s, he established a personal relationship with a prison official, Maria Filomena Morais, who became a longtime companion.

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