Maceió

American

[mah-sey-aw] / ˌmɑ seɪˈɔ /

noun

a seaport in and the capital of Alagoas, in E Brazil.

Maceió British

/ maseˈjɔ /

noun

a port in NE Brazil, capital of Alagôas state, on the Atlantic. Pop: 1 137 000 (2005 est)

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She lives in Maceió, a coastal city in north-eastern Brazil, where 75% of the cases of congenital Zika virus syndrome in the country were registered.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025

“Fake news is a virtual war,” said Flávio Santana, a pediatric neurologist based in Maceió.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2019

The consequences have been pronounced in poorer communities like Maceió, a city in Brazil’s northeast that was among the hardest hit by Zika.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2019

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