Brazil

brazil English <dab> thumb|240px|Flag of Brazil Alternative forms en Brasil Brasill obsolete Etymology 1 en Q155 :bor pt:Brazil ++ From en pt Brazil, older spelling of pt Brasil, from pt brasil brazilwood, originally ‘red like an ember’, from pt brasa ember, perhaps from en gem-pro *brasō gleed, crackling coal, and pt -il -ile, -like, -y from en la -īlis adjective suffix. Pronunciation en /bɹəˈzɪl/ [-ˈzɪɫ] UK,US,CA,AU en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Brazil.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Brazil.wav London en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Brazil.wav Texas en en-us-Brazil.ogg US en Bra zil en ɪl 2 Proper noun en Q155en A large Portuguese-speaking <<country>> in <<cont/South America>> Brasília Federative Republic of Brazil. en Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/travel/north-sentinel-island-us-tourist-arrested-intl-hnk/index.html 2025-04-04 In February, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe in Brazil made brief contact with the outside world before returning to the Amazon rainforest. https://web.archive.org/web/20260508100451/https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/travel/north-sentinel-island-us-tourist-arrested-intl-hnk/index.html 8 May 2026 en city/county seat co/Clay County s/Indiana c/USA. Derived terms en Brazil nut Brazil plum brazile Brazilian Brazilification brazilin brazillion brazilwood Dutch Brazil Related terms en Brasília Descendants ko 브라질 1 to Palāsili 1 Translations Q155 Portuguese-speaking country in South America Abkhaz: ab Бразилия Afrikaans: af Brasilië Albanian: sq Brazil indefinite, sq Brazili definite Amharic: am ብራዚል Arabic: ar الْبَرَازِيل f definite Aramaic: arc ܒܪܐܙܝܠ Armenian: hy Բրազիլիա Aromanian: rup Brazilii f indefinite, rup Brazilia f definite Assamese: as ব্ৰাজিল Asturian: ast Brasil m Azerbaijani: az Braziliya Basque: eu Brasil Belarusian: be Бразі́лія f Bengali: bn ব্রাজিল Breton: br Brazil Bulgarian: bg Брази́лия f Burmese: my ဘရာဇီး Carpathian Rusyn: rue Бразі́лія f Catalan: ca Brasil m Chechen: ce Бразили Cherokee: chr ᏆᏏᎵ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 巴西 Mandarin: cmn 巴西 Southern Min: nan-hbl 巴西 Pa-se Wu: wuu 巴西 Circassian: West Circassian: ady Бразилие Corsican: co Brasile m Czech: cs Brazílie f Danish: da Brasilien n Dhivehi: dv ބްރެޒިލް, dv ބުރެޒިލް Dutch: nl Brazilië n Dzongkha: dz བཱརཱ་ཛིལ Esperanto: eo Brazilo Estonian: et Brasiilia Farefare: gur Barazɩl Faroese: fo Brasil n, fo Brasilia Finnish: fi Brasilia French: fr Brésil m Galician: gl Brasil m Georgian: ka ბრაზილია German: de Brasilien n Greek: el Βραζιλία f Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Pindoráma, gug Vrasil Paraguayan Guarani: gug Pindoráma Gujarati: gu બ્રાઝીલ Haitian Creole: ht Brezil Hausa: ha Birazil Hawaiian: haw Palakila Hebrew: he בְּרָזִיל f brazíl Hindi: hi ब्राज़ील m Hungarian: hu Brazília Hunsrik: hrx Brasil m Icelandic: is Brasilía f Ido: io Brazilia Indonesian: id Brasil, id Brazil Interlingua: ia Brasil Irish: ga Brasaíl An Bhrasaíl f Italian: it Brasile m Japanese: ja ブラジル Burajiru, ja 伯剌西爾 ブラジル, Burajiru rare Kalenjin: kln Brazili Kamba: kam Mbkasili Kannada: kn ಬ್ರೆಜಿಲ್ Kazakh: kk Бразилия Khmer: km ប្រេស៊ីល Kikuyu: ki Buraziri Korean: ko ^브라질 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb بەڕازیل Northern Kurdish: kmr Brezîlya, kmr Brezîl Kyrgyz: ky Бразилия Lao: lo ບຣາຊິລ, lo ບຣາຊິນ Latin: la Brasilia f Latvian: lv Brazīlija f Lithuanian: lt Brazilija f Luhya: luy Brazil Luo: luo Brasil Luxembourgish: lb Brasilien n Macedonian: mk Бразил m Malay: ms Brazil Malayalam: ml ബ്രസീൽ Maltese: mt Brażil m il-Brażil definite Manx: gv Yn Vrasseel Māori: mi Parīhi Marathi: mr ब्राझील n Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Бразилий Meru: mer Braziri Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Бразил Mongolian script: mn ᠪᠷᠠᠽᠢᠯ Nahuatl: nah Brasil Navajo: nv Bwazííl Nepali: ne ब्राजिल Nheengatu: yrl Braziu Norman: nrf Brési m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Brasil n Odia: or ବ୍ରାଜିଲ Ossetian: os Бразили Pashto: ps برازيل m barazíl Persian: Dari: prs بْرَازِیل, prs بَرَازِیل Iranian Persian: fa-ira بِرِزیل Polish: pl Brazylia f Portuguese: pt Brasil m Romanian: ro Brazilia f Russian: ru Брази́лия f Rwanda-Rundi: rw Burezile Samoan: sm Pasila Sanskrit: sa ब्रासील Sardinian: sc Brasile m Scots: sco Brazil Scottish Gaelic: gd Braisil f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Бра̀зӣл m Latin: sh Bràzīl m Sicilian: scn Brasili m Sinhalese: si බ්‍රසීලය Slovak: sk Brazília f Slovene: sl Brazílija f Spanish: es Brasil m Sranan Tongo: srn Brasyon, srn Brasyonkondre Swahili: sw Brazili Swedish: sv Brasilien n Tagalog: tl Brasil Tajik: tg Бразилия Tamil: ta பிரேசில் Tatar: tt Бразилия Telugu: te బ్రెజిల్ Thai: th บราซิล Tibetan: bo པུ་རུ་ཟིལ Tigrinya: ti ብራዚል Tongan: to Palāsili Turkish: tr Brezilya Turkmen: tk Braziliýa Ukrainian: uk Брази́лія f Urdu: ur بْرَازِیل m Uyghur: ug برازىلىيە Uzbek: uz Braziliya Vietnamese: vi Bra-xin, vi Ba Tây Volapük: vo Brasilän Welsh: cy Brasil Wolaytta: wal Biraazzile Yiddish: yi בראַזיל, yi בראַזיליע Yoruba: yo Bìràsílì Zhuang: za Bahsih See also Further reading Etymology 2 en surname Reduced Anglicized form of en ga Ó Breasail descendant of Breasal, a byname meaning "strife". Alternative forms en Brazzle Pronunciation en /ˈbɹæzəl/ Proper noun s en Irish. en 20 September 2026 Harry Farley https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8r64r7d56mo Lib Dems sleepwalking to irrelevance under Davey, says council leader BBC News Julian Brazil, the leader of Devon County Council, told the BBC the party was "lacking ambition" and "not saying the things that people can relate to". 20 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260920124522/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq8r64r7d56mo Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Brazil is the 6373rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5343 individuals. Brazil is most common among White (70.19%) and Black/African American (20.4%) individuals. Further reading en exonyms Albanian sq: Proper noun m Brazili sq Brazil Q155 Breton Proper noun br proper noun br Brazil Q155 Malay ms: Etymology ms en Brazil Proper noun ms Brazil Q155 Portuguese Etymology pt :der Brasil Proper noun m Brasil 11 43 74 XI — Sim? acudiu Nicolau radiante. Pois eu apenas repeti as informações dos jornaes. Foi um caso divulgado, rolou por este Brazil todo. Os senhores com certeza leram. O Correio da Manhã, o Estado de S. Paulo, outro de nome arrevezado, publicaram. E eu, que não gosto de propaganda, até me acanhei. “Yes?”, Nicolau replied, radiant. “Well, I only related what was reported in the papers. It was a widely publicized case, it made waves all over Brazil. You gentlemen must have read about it. Correio da Manhã, Estado de S. Paulo, and another one with a strange name all published it. And I, who don’t care for publicity, even felt a little uneasy.” Usage notes This spelling coexisted with pt Brasil. The country’s official name technically changed in 1931, with the passing of the 1931 Orthographic Agreement. However, since the agreement was largely not followed, the spelling with a z remained in occasional use for some time. Nevertheless, the spelling pt Brasil became increasingly more common and was notably used in the Brazilian Constitution of 1934, which otherwise actively repealed this spelling reform. Serbo-Croatian sh:,sr:,hr:,bs: Pronunciation Bràzīl sh Bra zil Proper noun Bràzīl m-in bràzīlskī Brazílac Bràzīlka sh Brazil Q155 Declension Bràzīl Brazíla Brazilu Brazil Brazilu Brazilu Brazilom