Niterói

American  

[nee-tuh-roi] / ˌni təˈrɔɪ /

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.

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Niterói British  

/ niteˈrɔi /

noun

1. Also called: Nictheroy.  a port in SE Brazil, on Guanabara Bay opposite Rio de Janeiro: contains Brazil's chief shipyards. Pop: 458 465 (2000)

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Example Sentences

Moreover, the immigration files provided by Calzareth "place Devolder in the Rio de Janeiro suburb of Niterói on Sept. 11, 2001."

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2023

By 2008, court records show, Santos and his mother were living in Brazil, just outside Rio de Janeiro in the city of Niterói.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2023

For months, Luther was reading at night by candlelight in Niterói, across the bay from campus, where his student residence often lacked power.

From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2021

A few hundred miles away from Niterói, a team of researchers led by Virgilio Almeida at the Federal University of Minas Gerais hunched over computers, trying understand how YouTube shapes its users’ reality.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2019

The dictatorship built the gigantic Itaipu Dam on the border with Paraguay and the eight-mile bridge connecting the cities of Rio and Niterói.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2016