brazil
NounUS[bruh-zil]/brəˈzɪl/2 syllables
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Noun (2)
- 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 exporterSynonyms: Federative Republic of BrazilBrasilInstance of South American country, South American nationPart of South AmericaParts Madeira, Limeira, Acre, Araguaia, Tocantins, Belem, Curitiba, Sao Goncalo +24 moreMember of Organization of American States, OASMembers Brazilian
- three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shellSynonyms: brazil nutType of edible nutPart of brazil nut, brazil-nut tree
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Brazil
An operating system from Acorn Computers used on an ARM card which could be fitted to an IBM PC. There was also an ARM second processor for the BBC Microcomputer which used Brazil. Never used on the Archimedes(?).
(1994-12-05)