Sugar Loaf Mountain

British  

noun

1. Portuguese name: Pão de Açúcar.  a mountain in SE Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro on Guanabara Bay. Height: 390 m (1280 ft)

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Example Sentences

After weeks of heavy rain, the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain collapsed and smothered the community below it.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2017

At the time, dozens of climbers scaled Rio de Janeiro’s Sugar Loaf Mountain, from which they hung an enormous jersey with the words “The 2014 World Cup is Ours.”

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2013

"Comme c'est joli!" exclaimed Linguist Roosevelt, indicating the rounded dome of Sugar Loaf Mountain.

From Time Magazine Archive

With its vales of 200-year-old oak trees and views of Great Sugar Loaf Mountain and Dublin Bay, the course fits nicely with its stately clubhouse and the neighboring castle.

From Time Magazine Archive

I preached six years at Sugar Loaf Mountain.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Maryland Narratives by Work Projects Administration