Maranhão

American

[mah-ruh-nyoun] / ˌmɑ rəˈnjãʊ̃ /

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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Maranhão

The species name reflects both the landscape of Maranhão and the location where the fossils were found.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

Sailing vessels found it difficult to round this cape from the north, and consequently the commercial relations of Maranhão, Piauhy, and Ceará have been rather with the Amazon than southern Brazil.

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

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