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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.
possibly after Lava: Lechia (historical and/or alternative name of Poland) Lech: Norway: Nór (although other etymologies are generally more widely accepted) Romania: from "Rome" (the modern capital city of Italy) / "Roman", which possibly comes from Romulus: Russia: Rus: Solomon Islands: King Solomon of Israel and Judah: Somalia: Supposedly ...
In 1988, a street was named after her in the Cajuru neighbourhood of Curitiba: Rua Engenheira Enedina Alves Marques. [5] In 2000, her name was inscribed along with those of 53 other groundbreaking Brazilian women on the Memorial to Pioneering Women (Memorial à Mulher Pioneira), built in Curitiba by the Soroptimists , an international human ...
There are a number of places named after famous people. ... please see List of places in Brazil named after people. Salvador, Brazil ... a female soldier in the wars ...
after the Amazon River, which was named by Spanish explorers who heard rumors that Amazons ("female mounted warriors", possibly from the Iranian ethnonym *ha-mazan-, "warriors"; former supposed etymology—Greek α-μαστός a- mastos, "with no breasts"— is considered false etymology) guarded the legendary city of El Dorado in the middle ...
In addition, many towns are named after the Virgin and so are many Brazilian women and girls. The modern art styled cathedral of Brasília designed by Oscar Niemeyer is dedicated to Our Lady Aparecida, as Brasília is the national capital and she is invoked as Brazil's special protector.
Regardless, the initial names of present-day Brazil were Ilha de Vera Cruz ("Island of the True Cross") and then – after it was discovered to be a new mainland – Terra de Santa Cruz ("Land of the Holy Cross"); this only changed after a Lisbon-based merchant consortium led by Fernão de Loronha leased the new colony for massive exploitation ...
After the Anadia World Cup, Andrade was named to represent Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Jade Barbosa, Daniele Hypólito, Lorrane Oliveira, and Flavia Saraiva. [45] Her final competition in preparation for the Olympics was a friendly meet in the Netherlands on 10 July where she tied with Dutch gymnast Eythora Thorsdottir for the ...