Rio Grande do Sul

English thumb|Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Etymology From en pt Rio Grande do Sul Great River of the South. pt Rio Grande Great River is an old name for the Lagoa dos Patos lagoon, and the southern attribution contrasts with Rio Grande do Norte. Proper noun 1 en Q40030 en state r/South Region c/Brazil Porto Alegre. en 1 May 2025 Vanessa Buschschlüter Football-loving Brazilian nun, world's oldest person, dies at 116 BBC News Born on 8 June 1908 in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, Inah Canabarro Lucas became a Catholic nun in her early 20s. 8 October 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260827115148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4nv0g15xyo Coordinate terms Translations state in southern Brazil Arabic: ar رِيُو غْرَانْدِي دُو سُولْ Armenian: hy Ռիու Գրանդի դու Սուլ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 南里奧格蘭德州 Nán Lǐ'àogélándé Zhōu French: fr Rio Grande do Sul Georgian: ka რიუ-გრანდი-დუ-სული Greek: el Ρίο Γκράντε ντο Σουλ Japanese: ja リオグランデ・ド・スル Riogurande do Suru Korean: ko 히우그란지두술 Portuguese: pt Rio Grande do Sul m Russian: ru Ри́у-Гра́нди-ду-Сул Spanish: es Río Grande del Sur Ukrainian: uk Рі́у-Гра́нді-ду-Сул, uk Рі́у-Ґра́нді-ду-Сул Further reading Portuguese pt: region Q40030 pt Localização do estado do Rio Grande do Sul no Brasil Localization of the Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil Etymology Great River of the South. pt Rio Grande Great River is an old name for the Lagoa dos Patos, and the southern attribution contrasts with pt Rio Grande do Norte. Pronunciation pt Pt-br Rio Grande do Sul.ogg BR Proper noun m Rio Grande do Sul RS pt Rio Grande do Sul Q40030 Porto Alegre pt Rio Grande Sul Related terms pt gaúcho sul-rio-grandense rio-grandense-do-sul rio-grandense See also