Santa Catarina

[ san-tuh kat-uh-ree-nuh; Portuguese 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

Santa Catarina, Brazil There could not be a better time to visit Brazil.

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He had mentioned the Santa Catarina mountains, but he had not told what part of the large range the chart depicted.

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But in fact the species loves to fix itself on limestone when at home in Santa Catarina, as does L. elegans.

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Mr. Cipriano Fisher, of Santa Catarina, told me of his experience with a coyote which had rabies in the stomach.

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The Gavia is but a gloomy portal to the beauties of Santa Catarina.

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The water, for example, of the river which flows from Santa Catarina to Bormio is thick with it.

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