Mato Grosso

[mah-too graw-soo, mat-uh groh-soh]

noun

1. a plateau in SW Brazil.

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

Mato Grosso

/ 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)

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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

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Global Witness estimate that between 2008 and 2019 an area of forest bigger than Chicago was felled within ranches supplying the three beef firms across Mato Grosso.

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"This legislation will make little difference to deforestation in the Cerrado if it is left out," said Alice Thault, the executive-secretary of Instituto Centro de Vida, an environmental community organisation from Mato Grosso state.

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