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Brazil

bra·zil

UK/bɹəˈzɪl/ US/-ˈzɪɫ/ fairly common

noun

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Origin

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

Phrases

  • hard as brazil

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