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Ca⋅xi⋅as

[kah-shee-uhs]
–noun
a city in NE Brazil. 124,403.
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Ca·xi·as   (kə-shē'əs)   
A city of northeast Brazil east-northeast of Teresina. It is an agricultural processing center. Population: 106,000.
Caxias, Duke of. Title of Luiz Alves de Lima y Silva. 1803-1880.  
Brazilian general and statesman who commanded the Brazilian army that drove the Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas from Buenos Aires (1851).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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