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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

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

The expenses were mounting up to sixty millions a year; the country chafed at the delays, Caxias quarrelled with the ministers.

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

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