Teófilo Otoni
or The·o·phi·lo Ot·to·ni
[ ti-aw-fi-loo oo-taw-nee ]
/ tɪˈɔ fɪ lʊ ʊˈtɔ ni /
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noun
a city in E central Brazil.
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How to use Teófilo Otoni in a sentence
A few moments later he was returning to the bronze portal, accompanied by Don Teofilo.
The Saint|Antonio FogazzaroTeofilo Calcagnini would have made a terrible tutor to Master Phaëton.
Little Novels of Italy|Maurice Henry HewlettWhen he made himself a monk, Folengo changed his Christian name to Teofilo, by which he is now best known in literature.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington SymondsSuch a caricature was deliberately undertaken by the great parodist Teofilo Folengo (about 1520).
The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy|Jacob Burckhardt