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Fortaleza

American  
[fawr-tl-ey-zuh, fawr-tuh-le-zuh] / ˌfɔr tlˈeɪ zə, ˌfɔr təˈlɛ zə /

noun

  1. a seaport in NE Brazil.


Fortaleza British  
/ fortaˈleza /

noun

  1. Also called: Ceará.  a port in NE Brazil, capital of Ceará state. Pop: 3 261 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In La Fortaleza, the couple's oldest daughter Frainellys, 11, is the pride of her family.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Santos has had a troubled week since its 2-1 home loss to Fortaleza on Wednesday, which led to its first relegation.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2023

A 2-1 home defeat by Fortaleza in their final league match of the season meant they dropped out of Serie A, Brazil's top flight.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023

One even decorated the cover of the telephone book in Fortaleza where the artist — known simply as Chico — lived and established a pioneering and controversial collective studio practice.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Jonathan Haas and Winifred Creamer took me to Caballete, a narrow, dusty bowl, perhaps half a mile long and a quarter mile wide, a few miles up the Fortaleza River from the Peruvian coast.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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