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Rio Grande do Sul

[ ree-oo grahn-di doo sool ]

noun

  1. a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). : Pôrto Alegre.


Rio Grande do Sul

/ ˈriu ˈɡrəndi du ˈsul /

noun

  1. a state of S Brazil, on the Atlantic. Capital: Porto Alegre. Pop: 10 408 540 (2002). Area: 282 183 sq km (108 951 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Five members of the same family fell ill after eating the cake at a gathering in Torres, in the southern Rio Grande do Sul state, on Monday afternoon.

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All 10 victims of the crash were members of Mr Galeazzi's family, Rio Grande do Sul state governor Eduardo Leite told a press conference.

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Brazil has recently experienced a huge wildfire in the Pantanal wetlands and vast flooding in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

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Earlier this year in May, Brazil also experienced once-in-a-century flooding in the state of Rio Grande do Sul which left more than 170 people dead and displaced more than half a million people from their homes.

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The floods submerged entire towns, destroyed bridges, shuttered an international airport and displaced nearly 600,000 people across the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

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