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Braz
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braz brâz brąz Braz.
English
Proper noun
en Brazil.
Adjective
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en Brazilian.
Anagrams
en abrz Zbar
French
Etymology
From fr pt Brás.
Proper noun
m
District of São Paulo, Brazil (Brás in Portuguese)
fr 1955 w:Claude Lévi-Strauss Tristes Tropiques Tristes Tropiques 1993 Plon (publisher) Plon 978-2-259-00359-9 XI 109 Penguin 978-0-14-197073-8 2011 John & Doreen Weightman Sur le talus descendant vers le Tamanduatehy et qui domine les quartiers populaires du Braz et de la Penha, subsistaient encore en 1935 quelques ruelles provinciales et des largos : places carrées et herbues, entourées de maisons basses à toit de tuiles et à petites fenêtres grillagées, peintes à la chaux, [...] — On the slope which leads down to the Tamanduatehy and overlooks the working-class districts of Braz and Penha, there still remained, in 1935, a few small provinvial streets and largos, grassy squares surrounded by low, tiled and whitewashed houses with small barred windows.