Brazil
pronunciation
How to pronounce Brazil in British English:
UK [brəˈzɪl]
How to pronounce Brazil in American English:
US [brəˈzɪl]
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- Noun:
- three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell
Word Origin
- Brazil
- 1550s, from Spanish/Portuguese terra de brasil "red-dye-wood land," from Spanish brasil or Italian brasile, probably connected to French braize (see braize) for resemblance of color to a glowing ember (but Old Italian form verzino suggests a possible connection with Arabic wars "saffron"). Originally the name of a type of wood from an East Indian tree, used in making dye; the name later was transferred to a similar South American species. Brazil in reference to the wood is attested in English from late 14c. Complicating matters is Hy Brasil, a name applied by 1436 to one of the larger Azores Islands, later transferred to a legendary island or rock off the west coast of Ireland (sighted in 1791 at lat. 51° 10', long. 15° 58').
Example
- 1. Brazil and argentina should look to mexico .
- 2. Brazil also has more water .
- 3. It should learn from brazil .
- 4. Brazil began its education late .
- 5. The most notable is brazil .