center-west region
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Synonym of Central-West Region: A macroregion of Brazil, comprising the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and the Distrito Federal.
American usage
name
Alternative letter-case form of Center-West Region.
Example Sentences
- "THE CAPACITY in Brazil is huge. In the Cerrados, the nation’s Center-West region of grass and scrub trees, an estimated 234 million acres can be converted to ag use."
- "In a statement, Gol said wreckage from Flight 1907 has been located 30 kilometers east of the township of Peixoto de Azvedo, in the state of Mato Grasso, in the Center-West region."
- "Our new record of E. actinosophila from the Center-West region reveals that even in well-sampled areas such as Distrito Federal, it is still possible to find unreported species, for example, the two conspicuous bromeliads Vriesea friburgensis Mez. and Tillandsia polystachia (L.) L. (Lima and Soares-Silva 2016)."
Etymology
Calque of Portuguese Região Centro-Oeste.
Usage
- American usage
Inflected Forms
the Center-West Region (canonical)
Centre-West Region (alternative)