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rio grande do sul

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
ri-o -grande -do -sul
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Porto Alegre.

Etymology

From Portuguese Rio Grande do Sul (literally “Great River of the South”). Rio Grande (“Great River”) is an old name for the Lagoa dos Patos lagoon, and the southern attribution contrasts with Rio Grande do Norte.

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Questions

What does rio grande do sul mean?
A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Porto Alegre.
Where does rio grande do sul come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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