Brazil

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Etymology 1

From Portuguese Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), and -il (“-ile, -like, -y”) from Latin -īlis (“adjective suffix”). Alternatively, this is a folk etymology for a word for the plant related to Arabic ورس.

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  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /bɹə.ˈzɪl/,
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  • Hyphenation: Bra‧zil
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Proper noun

Brazil

  2. A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.
  3. A city, the county seat of Clay County, Indiana, United States.
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Etymology 2

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Breasail (“descendant of Breasal”), a byname meaning "strife".

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Proper noun

Brazil (plural Brazils)

  1. A surname from Irish.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Brazil is the 6373rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5343 individuals. Brazil is most common among White (70.19%) and Black/African American (20.4%) individuals.

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Albanian

Proper noun

Brazil m (definite Brazili)

  1. Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

Breton

Proper noun

Brazil

  1. Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Brazil m

  1. Obsolete spelling of Brasil

Serbo-Croatian

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Proper noun

Bràzīl m (Cyrillic spelling Бра̀зӣл)

  1. Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
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