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Duque de Caxias

American  
[doo-ki di kah-shee-ahs] / ˈdu kɪ dɪ kɑˈʃi ɑs /

noun

  1. a city in SE Brazil: a suburb of Rio de Janeiro.

Duque de Caxias British  
/ ˈduːke dəː kəˈʃiəʃ /

noun

  1. a city in SE Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro. Pop: 116 000 (2005 est)

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

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024

In Duque de Caxias, on the bay’s west coast, just 7 percent of sewage is treated.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2015

In the town of Duque de Caxias, an industrial suburb ten miles from Rio, workers milled in the streets demonstrating against shortages of rice, beans and other staples.

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