Sergipe

American  

[suhr-zhee-puh] / sərˈʒi pə /

noun

1. a state in NE Brazil. 8,490 sq. mi. (21,990 sq. km). Aracajú.

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Sergipe British  

/ serˈʒipi /

noun

1. a state of NE Brazil: the smallest Brazilian state; a centre of resistance to Dutch conquest (17th century). Capital: Aracajú. Pop: 1 846 039 (2002). Area: 13 672 sq km (8492 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Costa also said that the president would visit the state of Sergipe on Feb. 15 to resume a highways program.

From Reuters

Local authorities in Sergipe state, in northeast Brazil, also reported a fatality.

From BBC

Brazil’s Federal Police released a statement Thursday that said they were investigating Santos’s death in the city of Umbaúba, in the northeastern state of Sergipe.

From Washington Post

Lucas Rosario, a spokesperson for Sergipe’s Public Security Secretariat, which oversees the state’s police, declined to comment on the video’s veracity.

From Washington Post

Sergipe’s Institute of Forensic Medicine, which overseas autopsies, said Thursday that Santos died of asphyxia but that it could not determine the “immediate cause” of death.

From Washington Post