Brazil

• (American country): Brasil (archaic)
• (Irish surname): Brazzle

From Portuguese Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), and -il (“-ile, -like, -y”) from Latin -īlis (“adjective suffix”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /bɹə.ˈzɪl/, [-ˈzɪɫ]

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• Hyphenation: Bra‧zil
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Brazil

1. A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil.
2. A city, the county seat of Clay County, Indiana, United States.

• Brasília

• (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Breasail (“descendant of Breasal”), a byname meaning "strife".

Brazil (plural Brazils)

1. A surname from Irish.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brazil is the 6373^rd 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.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brazil”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220.

Brazil m (definite Brazili)

1. Brazil (a country in South America)

Brazil

1. Brazil (a country in South America)

Brazil m

1. Obsolete spelling of Brasil

Brazil m (Cyrillic spelling Бразил)

1. Brazil (a country in South America)