Maranhão

American

[mah-ruh-nyoun] / ˌmɑ rəˈnyãʊ̃ /

noun

a state in NE Brazil. 125,312 sq. mi. (324,560 sq. km). São Luiz.

Maranhão British

/ marəˈɲ̃ə̃u /

noun

a state of NE Brazil, on the Atlantic: forested and humid in the northwest, with high plateaus in the east and south. Capital: São Luís. Pop: 5 803 224 (2002). Area: 328 666 sq km (128 179 sq miles)

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Dino, 55, governed the impoverished state of Maranhão between 2015 and 2023 before becoming Lula’s justice minister.

From Washington Times • Nov. 27, 2023

It could leave 87,000 to 1 million square kilometers unprotected, estimate Rorato and conservation biologist Celso Silva-Junior of the Federal University of Maranhão.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 6, 2023

She has a few more days of normalcy to enjoy in Maranhão before traveling again for “work,” first to São Paulo to receive an award and then to Miami to start competing again.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2021

They live in a 289,000-acre forest reserve in the poverty stricken eastern Amazonian state of Maranhão.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2021

But difficulties and dissatisfaction increased; a formidable revolution broke out in Maranhão; the Rio Grandenses invaded Santa Catharina.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.

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