Rio Grande do Sul

English

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Etymology

From Portuguese Rio Grande do Sul (literally “Great River of the South”). Rio Grande (“Great River”) is an old name for the Lagoa dos Patos lagoon, and the southern attribution contrasts with Rio Grande do Norte.

Proper noun

Rio Grande do Sul

1. A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Porto Alegre

Translations

state in southern Brazil

• Arabic: رِيُو غْرَانْدِي دُو سُولْ (riyū ḡrāndī dū sūl)
• Armenian: Ռիու Գրանդի դու Սուլ (Ṙiu Grandi du Sul)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南里奧格蘭德州／南里奥格兰德州

• French: Rio Grande do Sul
• Georgian: რიუ-გრანდი-დუ-სული (riu-grandi-du-suli)
• Greek: Ρίο Γκράντε ντο Σουλ (Río Gkránte nto Soul)
• Japanese: リオグランデ・ド・スル (Riogurande do Suru)
• Portuguese: Rio Grande do Sul (pt) m
• Russian: Ри́у-Гра́нди-ду-Сул (Ríu-Grándi-du-Sul)
• Spanish: Río Grande del Sur

Further reading

• Category:Rio Grande do Sul on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rio Grande do Sul on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Rio Grande do Sul on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Rio Grande do Sul

Etymology

Literally, “Great River of the South”. Rio Grande (“Great River”) is an old name for the Lagoa dos Patos, and the southern attribution contrasts with Rio Grande do Norte.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuw/ [ˈhi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuʊ̯], /ˈʁiw ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuw/ [ˈhiʊ̯ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuw/ [ˈhi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuʊ̯], /ˈʁiw ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuw/ [ˈhiʊ̯ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuw/ [ˈχi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuʊ̯], /ˈʁiw ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuw/ [ˈχiʊ̯ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi du ˈsuʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.de do ˈsuw/ [ˈhi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.de do ˈsuʊ̯], /ˈʁiw ˈɡɾɐ̃.de do ˈsuw/ [ˈhiʊ̯ ˈɡɾɐ̃.de do ˈsuʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.dɨ du ˈsul/ [ˈʁi.u ˈɣɾɐ̃.dɨ ðu ˈsuɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.dɨ du ˈsul/ [ˈʁi.u ˈɣɾɐ̃.dɨ ðu ˈsuɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.dɨ du ˈsu.li/ [ˈʁi.u ˈɣɾɐ̃.dɨ ðu ˈsu.li]

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Proper noun

Rio Grande do Sul m

1. A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Porto Alegre

   Synonyms: (abbreviation) RS, Rio Grande

Related terms

• gaúcho, sul-riograndense, riograndense-do-sul, rio-grandense (demonyms)

See also

• (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}