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  2. Diabetes - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. Group of endocrine diseases characterized by high blood sugar levels This article is about the common insulin disorder. For the urine hyper-production disorder, see Diabetes insipidus. For other uses, see Diabetes (disambiguation). Medical condition Diabetes Universal blue circle symbol ...

  3. List of newspapers in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    O jornalismo: esboço historico da sua origem e desenvolvimento até aos nossos dias, ampliado, com a resenha chronologica e alphabetica do jornalismo no Brasil (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Viuva Travares Cardoso. "Brazil: Directory: the Press". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.

  4. Jogo do bicho - Wikipedia

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    In the game, 24 is the number given to the deer (veado in Portuguese), an animal that has long been pejoratively associated with gay men (insulted as viados). [21] [22] The jersey number 24 is heavily avoided by male Brazilian athletes, with rare exceptions. Football players, for example, usually reject this number for their jerseys, and may ...

  5. Public holidays in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    In Brazil, public holidays may be legislated at the federal, statewide and municipal levels.Most holidays are observed nationwide. [1]Apart from the yearly official holidays (listed below), [2] [3] [4] the Constitution of Brazil also establishes that election days are to be considered national holidays as well.

  6. Road signs in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Like many South American countries, the road signs in Brazil are strongly based on the US MUTCD standard, but with text in Portuguese.The regulatory, prohibitory and mandatory signs are all of them white circular with red borders, with the exception of the stop and the yield sign.

  7. Casa da Índia - Wikipedia

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    The Casa da Índia (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkazɐ ðɐ ˈĩdiɐ]; English: India House or House of India) was a Portuguese state-run commercial organization during the Age of Discovery. It regulated international trade and the Portuguese Empire 's territories, colonies, and factories (trading posts) across Asia and Africa.

  8. Portuguese orthography - Wikipedia

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    In Brazilian Portuguese, only American and British-style quote marks are used. “Isto é um exemplo de como fazer uma citação em português brasileiro.” “This is an example of how to make a quotation in Brazilian Portuguese.” In both varieties of the language, dashes are normally used for direct speech rather than quotation marks:

  9. Strike in Baixa do Cassange - Wikipedia

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    The strike in Baixa do Cassange (Portuguese: Greve da Baixa do Cassange), also called Mariano's revolt and Maria's war, was a labor strike that is considered the first political movement that would trigger the Angolan War of Independence exactly one month later and the Portuguese Colonial War over the next three years in the Portuguese overseas provinces.