Petrópolis

[ pi-traw-poo-lis ]

noun

1. a city in SE Brazil, NE of Rio de Janeiro.

Petrópolis

/ peˈtrɔpulis /

noun

1. a city in SE Brazil, north of Rio de Janeiro: resort. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Known as the “Imperial City,” Petrópolis is nestled in the mountains just north of Rio de Janeiro’s golden beaches.

From Popular-Science

The mudslides were particularly damaging for the city Petrópolis.

From Popular-Science

The journey by carriage through the Sierra from Fragosa to Petropolis is extremely beautiful.

From Project Gutenberg

About half way between these two extremes we might range the case of Petropolis in Rio de Janeiro.

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This was finally settled in 1903 by the treaty of Petropolis, which provided that the line should ascend the Abuna river to lat.

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Aepinus wrote a treatise on the subject, entitled De Similitudine vis electric et magnetic (Petropolis, 1758).

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President Penna made it manifest on the first day when he met the officers at Petropolis.

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