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Caxias

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

noun

  1. a city in NE Brazil.


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

From Seattle Times Jan. 15, 2024

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

From BBC Nov. 14, 2022

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

From Washington Post Jul. 28, 2021

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

As soon as Caxias had finished the pacification of Minas, he was ordered south.

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

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