Brasil.
Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: República Federativa do Brasil; capital: Brasília)
Meaning & usage
Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: República Federativa do Brasil; capital: Brasília)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *brasa Old Galician-Portuguese brasa Portuguese brasa Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -īlislbor. Portuguese -il Portuguese brasilder. Portuguese Terra do Brasilellip. Portuguese Brasil Ellipsis of Terra do Brasil (literally “Land of Brazilwood”), from brasil, ellipsis of pau-brasil (“brazilwood”), a tree that was extracted in great quantities in the early days of Portuguese colonisation. Displaced Santa Cruz /Vera Cruz as the name for the Portuguese colony. Etymologically unrelated to the Irish mythical island Hy-Brasil.
a surname transferred from the place name
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *brasa Old Galician-Portuguese brasa Portuguese brasa Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -īlislbor. Portuguese -il Portuguese brasilder. Portuguese Terra do Brasilellip. Portuguese Brasil Ellipsis of Terra do Brasil (literally “Land of Brazilwood”), from brasil, ellipsis of pau-brasil (“brazilwood”), a tree that was extracted in great quantities in the early days of Portuguese colonisation. Displaced Santa Cruz /Vera Cruz as the name for the Portuguese colony. Etymologically unrelated to the Irish mythical island Hy-Brasil.
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