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Juiz de Fora

American  
[zhweez di faw-rah] / ˈʒwiz dɪ ˈfɔ rɑ /

noun

  1. a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.


Juiz de Fora British  
/ ʒuˈiʃ di ˈfɔra /

noun

  1. a city in SE Brazil, in Minas Gerais state on the Rio de Janeiro–Belo Horizonte railway: textiles. Pop: 502 000 (2005 est)

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The mayor of Juiz de Fora, Margarida Salomao, said the municipality had experienced its wettest February on record.

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

She said children were among those who died in Juiz de Fora, but the city has so far not released any further official information on the victims' identities.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

“What we saw was a really extreme event,” said Cássia de Castro Martins Ferreira, a researcher at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, who studies extreme weather events in the region.

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2022

Last September, a month before the first round of voting, he visited the provincial city of Juiz de Fora.

From The New Yorker Mar. 25, 2019

The explanation is that they had attended Granberry College, that great Methodist school at Juiz de Fora.

From Brazilian Sketches by Ray, T. B. (T. Bronson)

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