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Curitiba

American  
[koo-ree-tee-buh, koor-i-tee-buh] / ˌku riˈti bə, ˌkʊər ɪˈti bə /
Or Curityba

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Paraná, in SE Brazil.


Curitiba British  
/ ˌkʊərɪˈtiːbə /

noun

  1. a city in SE Brazil, capital of Paraná state: seat of the University of Paraná (1946). Pop: 2 871 000 (2005 est)

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"There's nothing left to motivate me in football, I've already achieved everything I wanted to," he told reporters on Wednesday evening after playing in a charity match in Curitiba.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

They were among the 12 sites used for the 2014 men’s World Cup, with Curitiba and Natal dropped.

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2023

Raphaelle Pereira, 22, had been waiting for years for a lung transplant in the Brazilian city of Curitiba.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023

They began gathering outside the army headquarters in Brasilia on Tuesday evening; more descended on military barracks in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2022

When the news of the surrender of Saldanha da Gama reached Gumercindo Sara�va, then at Curitiba in Paran�, he proceeded to retire to Rio Grande do Sul.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various