Mato Grosso

American  

[mah-too graw-soo, mat-uh groh-soh] / ˈmɑ tʊ ˈgrɔ sʊ, ˈmæt ə ˈgroʊ soʊ /

noun

1. a plateau in SW Brazil.

2. a state in SW Brazil. 475,378 sq. mi. (1,231,230 sq. km). Cuiabá.

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Mato Grosso British  

/ ˈmætəʊ ˈɡrɒsəʊ, ˈmatu ˈɡrosu /

noun

1. a high plateau of SW Brazil: forms the watershed separating the Amazon and Plata river systems

2. a state of W central Brazil: mostly on the Mato Grosso Plateau, with the Amazon basin to the north; valuable mineral resources. Capital: Cuiabá. Pop: 2 604 742 (2002). Area: 881 001 sq km (340 083 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Amazonas neighbors Mato Grosso state, Brazil’s largest producer of soybeans and a major fertilizer consumer—some 400 miles away through dense rainforest, but still closer than Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Trucks already haul Mato Grosso’s harvest north to river barges bound for ports on Brazil’s Atlantic coast.

From The Wall Street Journal

The commission also extended an apology to the Guarani Kaiowá Indigenous people, who were also chased off their land in Mato Grosso do Sul state to make way for farms run by non-Indigenous Brazilians.

From Seattle Times

Although the Cerrado extends across 11 states the researchers focused their efforts on Mato Grosso - as it has the country's largest cattle herd and contains parts of both the Cerrado and the Amazon.

From BBC

Each animal slaughtered by the meatpackers has a transfer permit detailing which farm in Mato Grosso they are brought from.

From BBC