Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilFromPortugueseRio Grande do Sul(literally“Great River of the South”).Rio Grande(“Great River”) is an old name for theLagoa dos Patos lagoon, and the southern attribution contrasts withRio Grande do Norte.
Rio Grande do Sul
- Astate of theSouth Region,Brazil. Capital:Porto Alegre.
Rio Grande do SulLiterally,“Great River of the South”.Rio Grande(“Great River”) is an old name for theLagoa dos Patos, and the southern attribution contrasts withRio Grande do Norte.
- (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]
- (Southern Portugal)IPA(key): /ˈʁi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃.dɨ du ˈsu.li/[ˈʁi.u ˈɣɾɐ̃.dɨ ðu ˈsu.li]
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- astate of theSouth Region,Brazil; capital:Porto Alegre
- Synonyms:(abbreviation)RS,Rio Grande