Brasilia

[bruh-zil-yuh; Port. brah-zeel-yuh]

Bra·síl·ia

[bruh-zil-yuh; Port. brah-zeel-yuh]
noun
a city in and the capital of Brazil, on the central plateau. 411,505.
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Bra·zil

[bruh-zil]
noun
a republic in South America. 164,511,366; 3,286,170 sq. mi. (8,511,180 sq. km). Capital: Brasília.
Portuguese and Spanish, Brasil.

Bra·zil·ian [bruh-zil-yuhn] , adjective, noun
pro-Bra·zil·ian, adjective, noun
pseu·do-Bra·zil·ian, adjective, noun
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Brasilia [(bruh-zil-yuh)]

Capital of Brazil, located in its central highlands.

Note: One of the newest cities in the world, Brasilia was inaugurated in 1960 to replace Rio de Janeiro as Brazil's capital. The Brazilian government moved the capital in an effort to promote development in central Brazil. In less than thirty years, its population had grown to over a million inhabitants.
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