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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Brazil
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Brazilian" is a kind of...):
South American (a native or inhabitant of South America)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Brazilian"):
Carioca (a native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro)
Holonyms ("Brazilian" is a member of...):
Brasil; Brazil; Federative Republic of Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Brazil or the people of Brazil
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)
Derivation:
Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)
Context examples:
Between 1985 and 2015, 219,735 hectares (2,197 km2) of the Atlantic Forest remnants went through a process of regeneration in nine of the 17 Brazilian states that have the forest.
(Brazil: Atlantic Forest regeneration in nine states, Agência Brasil)
H. aegyptius is a pathogen and the causative agent of conjunctivitis and Brazilian purpuric fever.
(Haemophilus aegyptius, NCI Thesaurus)
One of the country's least studied biomes, the caatinga stretches across ten Brazilian states and encompasses ten percent of the country's national territory, with 844 thousand square km.
(Brazilian savanna unprotected, study finds, Agência Brasil)
However, both Inumet and Brazilian meteorological company MetSul agreed that visibility has not been affected so far.
(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)
The Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) granted the registration for the first cannabis-based (marijuana) medicine in Brazil.
(Brazil grants registration for first cannabis-based drug, Agência Brasil)
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) will be in charge of operation and monitoring the satellite and will cooperate with the Army and Navy.
(First Brazilian satellite starts operations, Agência Brasil)
Brazilian researchers have developed a low-cost method of classifying the most common malignant brain tumour in children, which they say can help medics diagnose and treat the condition.
(New method to classify brain tumour in children, SciDev.Net)
A team of Brazilian researchers studied particles released during the burning of biomass using material they collected in the Amazon forest, to assess how inhaling them can impact on human health.
(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)
As it celebrated its 41st anniversary Thursday (Apr. 24), the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) unveiled the largest genetic repository in Latin America, which can store up to 750,000 seed samples.
(LatAm's largest gene bank unveiled in Brasília, Agência BRASIL)
A Brazilian scientist who developed a method that reduces greenhouse gas emissions from sugarcane cultivation has been awarded a prize that each year recognises a researcher whose work has excelled in the area of fertiliser use.
(Method that cuts sugarcane emissions gets global prize, SciDev.Net)
