[pur-nuh
m-byoo-koh, -boo-; Port. per-nahm-boo-koo] 
| 1. | a state in NE Brazil. 6,240,836; 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife. |
| 2. | former name of Recife. |
[ruh-see-fuh] | a seaport in and the capital of Pernambuco province, in NE Brazil. 1,249,821. |
Pernambuco
estado (state) of northeastern Brazil, situated near the eastern tip of the South American coastline's bulge into the Atlantic Ocean. It is bounded on the east by the Atlantic, on the south by the states of Alagoas and Bahia, on the west by Piaui, and on the north by Ceara and Paraiba. The state capital is Recife.
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