Pernambuco
Americannoun
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a state of NE Brazil, on the Atlantic: consists of a humid coastal plain rising to a high inland plateau. Capital: Recife. Pop: 8 084 667 (2002). Area: 98 280 sq km (37 946 sq miles)
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the former name of Recife
Example Sentences
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Lula grew up in deep poverty, the seventh of eight children born to a family of illiterate farmers in the arid northeastern state of Pernambuco.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Learning that they were both originally from Brazil’s northeast — Moura from the state of Bahia and Mendonça Filho from Pernambuco — served as an immediate point of connection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
He is believed to have died six days after their arrest, at a military facility in the nearby state of Pernambuco.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
Souza says he left Brazil in 2022, after spending almost a decade at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, because of a lack of investment in the university’s infrastructure and research.
From Science Magazine ● May 7, 2024
By 1640, when Pernambuco was briefly ruled by the Dutch, its plantations sent some twenty-four thousand pounds of sugar to Amsterdam alone.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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