brasiliense

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Latin

Adjective

brasiliēnse

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of brasiliēnsis

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin brasīliēnsis. By surface analysis, Brasília +‎ -ense.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾa.zi.liˈẽ.si/ , (faster pronunciation) /bɾa.ziˈljẽ.si/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾa.zi.liˈẽ.se/ , (faster pronunciation) /bɾa.ziˈljẽ.se/

  • Hyphenation: bra‧si‧li‧en‧se

Adjective

brasiliense m or f (plural brasilienses)(demonym)

  1. of, from or relating to Brasília
    Synonym: candango
  2. (archaic) Brazilian
    Synonym: brasileiro
    • 1810 February 19, Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho, “Art. IV”, in Convenção entre o principe regente o senhor Dom João, e Jorge III Rei da Gran Bretanha; republished as José Pereira Borges de Castro, compiler, Collecção dos tratados, convenções, contratos e actos publicos, volume III, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1856, page 418:
      Os Paquetes serão por agora embarcações Britannicas, navegadas conforme as leis da Gran Bretanha. Porém Sua Alteza Real o Principe Regente de Portugal Se reserva o direito de estabelecer para o futuro Paquetes Brazilienses ou Portuguezes.
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    • 1825, Joaquim Pedro Cardoso Casado Giraldes, “Reino do Brazil em 1821”, in Tratado completo de cosmographia e geographia-historica, physica e commercial, antiga e histórica, Paris: Fantin, page 170:
      Este vasto governo pode se considerar, pela sua posição geographica, como o baluarte do continente Braziliense []
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Noun

brasiliense m or f by sense (plural brasilienses)(demonym)

  1. native or inhabitant of Brasília
    Synonym: candango
  2. (archaic) Brazilian
    Synonym: brasileiro
    • 1822 March, “Reflexoens sobre as novidades deste mez”, in Correio braziliense ou armazem literario, volume 28, number 165, London: Greenlaw, page 269:
      Demonstrado como está que Portugal naõ tem forças para subjugar o Brazil; que os Brazilienses, todas as vezes que quizerem, poraō as tropas Eurepeos no andar da rúa, he claro, que o Brazil só pode ser governado pela opiniaõ, e accedendo á vontade dos povos: o que nos parece se conseguirá pelo modo que deixamos proposto.
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