Ceará
Americannoun
noun
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a state of NE Brazil: sandy coastal plain, rising to a high plateau. Capital: Fortaleza. Pop: 7 654 535 (2002). Area: 150 630 sq km (58 746 sq miles)
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another name for Fortaleza
Example Sentences
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The passengers were taking part in the pilgrimage of Our Lady of Candeias, a religious festival in the state of Ceará.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
But Charvet, of the Federal University of Ceará showed me photos from her local grocery store, which had frozen cação for sale.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 17, 2023
Off Brazil, those characteristics have resulted in “an uncontrolled population explosion,” says Marcelo Soares, a marine scientist at the Federal University of Ceará.
From Science Magazine ● May 8, 2023
Jânia Perla Diógenes de Aquino, a criminologist at the Universidade Federal do Ceará, said the bank robberies have grown increasingly sophisticated as financial institutions have adopted more methods to stop them.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2021
Pará and Ceará monopolize nearly all the rubber trade.
From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)
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