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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast Brazil on Guanabara Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. The city's name, Portuguese for “River of January,” reflects the fact that the first European explorers to visit the bay, in January 1502, believed it was the mouth of a river. The city, founded in 1565, was the capital of Brazil from 1763 until 1960, when the government was transferred to Brasília.
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- proper noun State in southeastern
Brazil . - proper noun Capital of Rio de Janeiro state and former capital of Brazil.
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- noun the former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
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Tom reportedly addressed a press conference in Rio de Janeiro with the Spanish words "hola"
Tonight 2009
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That would seem to make it clearly taller than the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, which is about 30 meters tall, excluding its large base, and the 34.2-meter-high Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Come Ye: Poland's Big Jesus Statue Draws Pilgrims, Chafes Nonbelievers Gordon Fairclough 2011
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Landslides cut off roads into the treacherous mountain region around Rio de Janeiro, which is famed as a tourist spot and site of the former imperial city of Petropolis.
Rains Kill at Least 257 Across Brazil Jeff Fick 2011
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The killings have ignited debates about gun control in Rio de Janeiro, which is seeking to pacify its violent slums ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic games.
Shooter in Brazil Recorded Grim Video John Lyons 2011
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Article 14 of the 1992 UNFCCC negotiated in New York and Rio de Janeiro, which is reaffirmed in Article 19 of the Kyoto Protocol, states:
Ken Cloke: The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference: What You Can Do 2009
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In a post called Rio de Janeiro is mourning, colonelPaulo Ricardo Paúl [pt] pays homage to the latest of their side's victims, a young cadet killed this Sunday while going home at the end of his carnival shift.
Brazil: Blogging helps the police to mobilize and protest 2008
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I have frequently seen coals sell even in Rio de Janeiro, which is but about one third of the distance from us, at eighteen to twenty-four dollars per ton.
Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Thomas Rainey
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Gautrain, a high speed train connecting São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, which is likely to cost
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The 28-year-old daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent is volunteering in the slum, or favela, of Complexo da Maré in Rio de Janeiro, which is the scene of frequent gun battles between police and drugs gangs.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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The 28-year-old daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent is volunteering in the slum, or favela, of Complexo da Maré in Rio de Janeiro, which is the scene of frequent gun battles between police and drugs gangs.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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