Search
Search results
Displaying 11 - 20
Rio Branco
(Encyclopedia) Rio Branco, city (1996 pop. 228,907), capital of Acre state, NW Brazil, on the Acre River. Rubber and Brazil nuts are its chief products; there is also some farming. Rio Branco has air…Rio Grande, river, Brazil
(Encyclopedia) Rio Grande, name of several rivers of Brazil. The largest rises in S Minas Gerais state, SE Brazil, and flows c.650 mi (1,050 km) NW to the Paranaíba River, with which it forms the…Pedro I
(Encyclopedia) Pedro I (Dom Pedro de Alcântara)Pedro Ipāˈdrō [key], 1798–1834, first emperor of Brazil (1822–31); son of John VI of Portugal. Dom Pedro was a child when the Portuguese royal family,…Fortaleza
(Encyclopedia) Fortaleza Fortaleza f&oobreve;rtəlĕˈzə [key], city, capital of Ceará state, NE Brazil, a port on…Bahia, city, Brazil
(Encyclopedia) Bahia, city, Brazil: see Salvador, Brazil.Colatina
(Encyclopedia) Colatina Colatina k&oobreve;lətēˈnä [key], city, Espiritu Santo state, E central Brazil, on the…Wagley, Charles Walter
(Encyclopedia) Wagley, Charles WalterWagley, Charles Walterwăgˈlē [key], 1913–91, American anthropologist, b. Clarksville, Tex., grad. Columbia (Ph.D., 1941). He began teaching at Columbia in 1940,…Romário
(Encyclopedia) Romário (Romário de Souza Faria), 1966–, Brazilian soccer player. A striker, he had a long stride and outstanding control and mobility despite his small stature (5 ft 6 in./1.68 m). He…Uruguay , river, South America
(Encyclopedia) UruguayUruguayy&oobreve;ˈrəgwā, gwī, Span. &oomacr;r&oomacr;gwiˈ, &oomacr;r&oomacr;wīˈ [key], river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, rising in S Brazil and flowing in…Triple Alliance, War of the
(Encyclopedia) Triple Alliance, War of the, 1865–70, fought between Paraguay on one side and an alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay on the other. Brazil's military reprisals for injuries to…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
