Rio Grande do Sul

[ ree-oo -grahn-di doo -sool ]

/ ˈri ʊ ˈgrɑ̃ dɪ dʊ ˈsul /

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noun

a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre.

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Words nearby Rio Grande do Sul

Río de la Plata, Río de Oro, Río Gallegos, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rioja, Riolan's anastomosis, Riomaggiore, Río Muni, Río Negro

How to use Rio Grande do Sul in a sentence

When they thought about Lewis, what struck the players most was that he never acted like a do-gooder.
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Spoiler: you may think twice before getting another Grande Chestnut Praline Latte.
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Resolution is majority owned and controlled by Rio Tinto, a global mining conglomerate.
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Nevertheless, Brian Rogers, a McCain aide pushed back against UANI, calling the Rio Tinto-Iran connection “a red herring.”
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Gabriel Pedreira, a spokesman for United Against a Nuclear Iran, opposed any legislation to transfer federal land to Rio Tinto.
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Ajoutez cecy, s'il vous plaist, la grande difficult qu'il y a de tirer d'eux les mots mesmes qu'ils ont.
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The ne'er-do-well blew, like seed before the wind, to distant places, but mankind at large stayed at home.
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With time this land had mounted to great values and the holders had been made well-to-do thereby.
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Ils me conduysirent en la plus grande cabane de toutes; elle contenoit bien 80 ames.
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Car ils estoyent en grande cholere et en non moindre crainte; mais la cholere faisoit plus de bruit.
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British Dictionary definitions for Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul

/ (Portuguese ˈriu ˈɡrəndi du ˈsul) /

noun

a state of S Brazil, on the Atlantic. Capital: Porto Alegre. Pop: 10 408 540 (2002). Area: 282 183 sq km (108 951 sq miles)

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