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Maranhão

American  
[mah-ruh-nyoun] / ˌmɑ rəˈnjãʊ̃ /

noun

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


Maranhão British  
/ marəˈɲ̃ə̃u /

noun

  1. 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)

"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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Four people are known to have died, and more than 10 are missing after the central span of the bridge linking Tocantins and Maranhão states gave way on Sunday afternoon.

From BBC Dec. 24, 2024

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

From Washington Times Nov. 27, 2023

The journey began in São Luís, Maranhão, a city in northeast Brazil.

From Seattle Times Jul. 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

In 1621 the northern provinces, Ceará, Maranhão, and Pará, had been separated from the rest of Brazil and erected into an independent government called the State of Maranhão.

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

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