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Rio de Janeiro
[ ree-oh dey zhuh-nair-oh, -neer-oh, juh-, dee, duh; Portuguese ree-oo di zhi-ney-roo ]
noun
- a seaport in SE Brazil: former capital.
Rio de Janeiro
/ ˈriːəʊ də dʒəˈnɪərəʊ /
noun
- a port in SE Brazil, on Guanabara Bay: the country's chief port and its capital from 1763 to 1960; backed by mountains, notably Sugar Loaf Mountain; founded by the French in 1555 and taken by the Portuguese in 1567. Pop: 11 469 000 (2005 est) Cariocan
- a state of E Brazil. Capital: Rio de Janeiro. Pop: 14 724 475 (2002). Area: 42 911 sq km (16 568 sq miles)
Rio de Janeiro
- City in southeastern Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean . Second-largest city in Brazil, after São Paulo ; its former capital; and its financial, commercial, transportation, and cultural center.
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Brazilian police said they thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga's concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.
Large crowds have gathered in Rio de Janeiro for a free Lady Gaga concert due to kick off on Saturday night on Copacabana beach.
It was the large baby blue one, which my mother purchased in Rio de Janeiro after my sister got married and had too many gifts to carry with her back home to New York.
Peaty's first two Olympic golds - in Rio de Janeiro and then Tokyo - came during his period of dominance.
Cain recalls meeting one mother in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, whose two children had been murdered.
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