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  2. Name of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    The name Brazil is a shortened form of Terra do Brasil ("Land of Brazil"), a reference to the brazilwood tree. The name was given in the early 16th century to the territories leased to the merchant consortium led by Fernão de Loronha , to exploit brazilwood for the production of wood dyes for the European textile industry.

  3. Christ the Redeemer (statue) - Wikipedia

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    Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈkɾistu ʁedẽˈtoʁ]) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot.

  4. List of places named after people - Wikipedia

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    For a longer list, please see List of places in Brazil named after people. Salvador, BrazilJesus (the Christian Savior) São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil – Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) São Paulo – Saint Paul

  5. Brazil's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue welcomes ... - AOL

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    Karma is a shirt on an iconic statue welcoming Taylor Swift! Right before Swift kicks off her three-night Eras Tour in Rio's Estádio Nilton Santos, her "Junior Jewels" tee, straight out of the ...

  6. Photographer captures lightning strike on Christ the ... - AOL

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    A Brazilian photographer, Fernando Braga, went viral recently for his stunning image of lightning striking the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. “It was unbelievable at first. Like a ...

  7. Our Lady of Aparecida - Wikipedia

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    The ruler of Brazil at that time, Pedro I (born Prince Pedro de Alcantara), was named after Saint Peter of Alcantara. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Later, as the Virgin Mary outranks St. Peter of Alcantara in the Catholic hierarchy of saints, with the proclamation of the Virgin Aparecida as the principal Catholic patron saint of Brazil, St. Peter became the ...

  8. List of Brazil state name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    after the Jesuit monastery of São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga (Saint Paul of the Fields of Piratininga), built to Christianize native peoples; the state was named after its capital Sergipe: Tupi: siri jibe: after the name of a native chief, Serijipe; another possible origin is from the Tupi siri jibe, a "brook with crabs" Tocantins: Tupi ...

  9. List of places in Brazil named after people - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of places in Brazil which are named after people : Anchieta, Brazil - Father José de Anchieta; Assis Brasil - Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil (Brazilian lawyer, politician, diplomat, writer and poet) Benjamin Constant, Amazonas, Brazil - Benjamin Constant (Brazilian politician, writer and journalist)