Santa Catarina

[san-tuh kat-uh-ree-nuh, sahn-tuh kah-tuh-ree-nuh]

noun

1. a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Florianópolis.

Santa Catarina

/ ˈsantə kətəˈrinə /

noun

1. a state of S Brazil, on the Atlantic: consists chiefly of the Great Escarpment. Capital: Florianópolis. Pop: 5 527 707 (2002). Area: 95 985 sq km (37 060 sq miles)

Example Sentences

There were 21 people on board the balloon in the city of Praia Grande on Saturday morning, Governor of Santa Catarina Jorginho Mello said in a post on X.

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Since then, the disease has emerged along Brazil’s populous East Coast, including the states of Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Bahia, and Minas Gerais.

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“We don’t really know when we are going to reach it,” said Bernardo Flores, a postdoctoral researcher at the Federal University of Santa Catarina and the lead author of the study.

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Still, said Marina Hirota, a professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina and another author of the paper, governments shouldn’t wait for more clarity to act.

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The study was led by the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil, and includes experts from the University of Birmingham.

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