BRAZILIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brazilian mean? 

• BRAZILIAN (noun)
  The noun BRAZILIAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Brazil

  Familiarity information: BRAZILIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• BRAZILIAN (adjective)
  The adjective BRAZILIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Brazil or the people of Brazil

  Familiarity information: BRAZILIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRAZILIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Brazil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Brazilian" is a kind of...):

South American (a native or inhabitant of South America)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Brazilian"):

Carioca (a native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro)

Holonyms ("Brazilian" is a member of...):

Brasil; Brazil; Federative Republic of Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)

• BRAZILIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Brazil or the people of Brazil

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)

Derivation:

Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)

 Context examples 

Sao Paulo is the second largest Brazilian city, with 7 million vehicles on the roads and the largest urban fleet in the country of flexible-fuel cars that can use ethanol or gasoline interchangeably.

(Ethanol to gasoline switch raises nanoparticles in air, SciDev.Net)

One of the papers studied ten individuals in the cities of Manaus and Labrea, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, who had symptoms of fever, headaches and general weakness.

(Açaí fruit can transmit Chagas disease, SciDev.Net)

Involved in the finding were Brazilian and Chinese scientists.

(Brazil and China scientists unearth pterosaur eggs with preserved embryos, Agência Brasil)

You and I could be as far away from each other as Scotland is from Constantinople, and yet each of us be in the same great Brazilian forest.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the Brazilian coast, according to Gonçalves, there are 33 species, including the humpback whale, the right whale, Bryde's whale, the fin whale,and the sperm whale, which gained popularity with Moby Dick.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

Policies that prevent fires caused by people in El Cerrado (the Brazilian savannah) lead to biodiversity losses because they promote the expansion of forests with dense vegetation.

(Fire control harms biodiversity in Brazilian savannah, SciDev.Net)

A team of Brazilian researchers studied samples of microplastics collected along a 39-kilometre stretch of the Paraná State coastline, in southern Brazil.

(Microplastic pollution adds to oceans’ problems, scidev.net)

In partnership with an international team, a group of Brazilian astronomers discovered the existence of a ring around a dwarf planet near Pluto, similar to those of the giant Saturn.

(Brazil astronomers discover ring around dwarf planet near Pluto, Agência Brasil)

A strip of chromatography paper similar to that used in rapid pregnancy tests is the basis of a bio-sensor for detecting malaria that has been developed by Brazilian researchers.

(Biosensor promises early malaria diagnosis, SciDev.Net)

The concept does not include Brazilian Americans or Portuguese Americans.

(Multiple Hispanic, NCI Thesaurus)