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Goiânia
[ goi-ah-nee-uh ]
noun
- a city in and the capital of Goiás, in central Brazil, SW of Brasília.
Goiânia
/ ɡɔɪˈɑːnɪə; ɡoˈjənja /
noun
- a city in central Brazil, capital of Goiás state: planned in 1933 to replace the old capital, Goiás; two universities. Pop: 1 878 000 (2005 est)
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It’s a long story, but the single destroyed source of radiation contaminated much of Goiânia.
If they were compromised, we might see something like the Goiânia accident in Brazil in 1989.
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