"sertão" meaning in English

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          "text": "The news soon spread throughout the sertão: the saint who had wandered the length and breadth of the land for a quarter of a century had put down roots in that place surrounded by stony hills called Canudos […].",
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        "The semi-arid, barren inland portion of northeastern Brazil."
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        "(geography) The semi-arid, barren inland portion of northeastern Brazil."
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        "A similarly arid area in another region or country."
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        "(loosely) A similarly arid area in another region or country."
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