Pereira

American

[puh-rair-uh, pe-rey-rah] / pəˈrɛər ə, pɛˈreɪ rɑ /

noun

Irene Rice, 1907–71, U.S. artist.
a city in W Colombia.

Pereira British

/ peˈrɛira /

noun

a town in W central Colombia: cattle trading and coffee processing. Pop: 656 000 (2005 est)

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Government sources earlier told the BBC that Dias, Pereira and Interior Minister Botché Candé had also been detained.

From BBC

Dias was supported by former Prime Minister Domingos Pereira, who had been disqualified from running.

From BBC

Government sources later told the BBC that Dias, Pereira and Interior Minister Botché Candé had also been detained.

From BBC

It and its leader Domingos Simoes Pereira, who only recently returned from exile, were disqualified from running after the Supreme Court ruled their legislative and presidential applications had been submitted after the deadline.

From Barron's

Edwards has been tasked with saving Wolves from relegation after arriving from second tier Middlesbrough to replace the sacked Vitor Pereira.

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