[pawr-too ah-le-gruh] 
| a seaport in S Brazil. 1,158,709. |
[ree-oo grahn-di doo sool] | 1. | a state in S Brazil. 7,942,047; 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre. |
| 2. | São Pedro de Rio Grande do Sul. |
| Pôrto A·le·gre (ə-lě'grə) A city of southeast Brazil at the northern end of a large lagoon near the Atlantic Ocean. It was founded c. 1742 by emigrants from the Azores. Population: 1,390,000. |
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