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Minas Gerais

American  
[mee-nuhs zhi-rahys] / ˈmi nəs ʒɪˈraɪs /

noun

  1. a state in E Brazil. 224,701 sq. mi. (581,975 sq. km). Belo Horizonte.


Minas Gerais British  
/ ˈminaʒ ʒəˈraiʒ /

noun

  1. an inland state of E Brazil: situated on the high plateau of the Brazilian Highlands; large reserves of iron ore and manganese. Capital: Belo Horizonte. Pop: 18 343 517 (2002). Area: 587 172 sq km (226 707 sq miles)

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Twenty-nine people were in the four-story building, which also housed apartments and a cosmetic clinic, at the time of the early morning collapse, according to the Minas Gerais state fire department.

From Barron's Mar. 6, 2026

These newly recognized specimens, called geraisites after the state of Minas Gerais where they were first found, form a previously unknown strewn field.

From Science Daily Mar. 1, 2026

On Tuesday, the country's national meteorological institute issued a heavy rain alert for all of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and 12 other Brazilian states.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

In collaboration with Prof. Ana Maria Caetano de Faria from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, the team will also study the immune profiles of this cohort in greater depth.

From Science Daily Jan. 8, 2026

The blood was sealed into thin, rodlike vials in Pena’s laboratory at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil’s third-largest city.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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