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São Gonçalo

American  
[soun goon-sah-loo] / ˈsãʊ̃ gʊ̃ˈsɑ lʊ /

noun

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


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In late July, as the pandemic eased in Rio, one of those structures located in the working-class city of São Gonçalo was dismantled amid a lack of patients.

From Reuters ● Sep. 25, 2020

A 40-minute drive east of Barão de Cocais, the town of São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo finds itself in a similarly vulnerable spot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2016

The faithful were beginning to arrive at the International Mission of Miracles, a Pentecostal church in the poor and working-class city of São Gonçalo, 10 miles from Rio de Janeiro.

From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2015

On a recent Sunday in São Gonçalo, a poor suburb near Rio, an Umbanda ceremony featured the drumming and incorporations seen in Candomblé, but worshipers also said Catholic prayers.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2015

It is no different in São Gonçalo, where two dozen security guards tend the crowds as they pour into a roped-off parking lot outside a mall.

From Newsweek ● Jul. 25, 2011

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