RECIFE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Recife mean? 

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

1. a port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECIFE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Pernambuco; Recife

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Recife" is a part 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)

 Context examples 

The mosquitoes were collected infected in the metropolitan region of the city of Recife.

(Brazil scientists find out Culex mosquito can transmit Zika, Agência Brasil)

Some of the most vulnerable cities include Rio de Janeiro, Santos (São Paulo), Fortaleza (Ceará), Recife (Pernambuco), Salvador (Bahia) and, in Brazil's South region, the Vale do Itajaí region of Santa Catarina, which in addition to the rising sea level, is at risk of becoming a hurricane route.

(Brazil's coastal cities more vulnerable to climate change, Agência Brasil)