Goiânia
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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For example, four people died after a canister containing radioactive material was stolen from an abandoned hospital in the Brazilian city of Goiânia in 1987.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2023
Mauro Cid, who was also in command of an army battalion in the city of Goiânia.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023
The return leg will be played next Tuesday in Goiânia, in Brazil’s heartland.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
“Science and technology don’t win votes here,” says agronomist Edward Madureira, former rector at the Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 27, 2022
A college student majoring in psychology, she helped her mother run a school for special-needs kids in Goiânia, a regional capital, then quit to raise a family.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 29, 2013
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