"Brasil" meaning in Portuguese

See Brasil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /bɾaˈziw/ [Brazil], [bɾaˈziʊ̯] [Brazil], /bɾɐˈzil/ [Portugal], [bɾɐˈziɫ] [Portugal], /bɾɐˈzil/ [Portugal], [bɾɐˈziɫ] [Portugal], /bɾɐˈzi.li/ [Portugal, Southern] Audio: Pt-br-Brasil.ogg [Brazil] Forms: Brasis [plural]
Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw Etymology: From pau-brasil (“brazilwood”), a tree that was extracted in great quantities in the early days of Portuguese colonisation, from pau (“wood”) + brasil (“ember-coloured”), from brasa (“embers”) + -il. Etymology templates: {{m|pt|pau-brasil||brazilwood}} pau-brasil (“brazilwood”), {{m|pt|pau||wood}} pau (“wood”), {{m|pt|brasil||ember-coloured}} brasil (“ember-coloured”), {{m|pt|brasa||embers}} brasa (“embers”), {{m|pt|-il}} -il Head templates: {{head|pt|proper noun|plural|Brasis|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} Brasil m (plural Brasis), {{pt-proper noun|m|Brasis}} Brasil m (plural Brasis)
  1. Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: República Federativa do Brasil; capital: Brasília) Wikipedia link: pt:Brasil Tags: masculine Categories (place): Brazil, Countries, Countries in South America Synonyms: Brazil [dated]
    Sense id: en-Brasil-pt-name-T2WaQ3KP Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese proper nouns with plurals Derived forms: abrasileirar, Bostil, brasileiro, Brasília, brasílico, brasilismo, brasilista, brasilizar, Brasilzão [augmentative], Brasilzinho [diminutive], Merdil, português do Brasil

Alternative forms

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