HOW TO PRONOUNCE
Rio de Janeiro
/ˈɹiːoʊ dɪ ʒəˈnɪəɹoʊ/
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What does Rio de Janeiro mean?
proper noun
- A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Rio de Janeiro.
- A municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the former capital of Brazil.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹiːoʊ dɪ ʒəˈnɪəɹoʊ/
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/ˈɹiːoʊ dɪ ʒəˈnɛəɹoʊ/
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We have already established such a defense pact for the Western Hemisphere by the treaty of Rio de Janeiro.
We lay for a week at Rio de Janeiro loading coffee, and we touched at Bahia and at Pernambuco.
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Near Rio de Janeiro I lived opposite to an old lady, who kept screws to crush the fingers of her female slaves.
He was especially interested in such humanitarian work, and had recently helped to organize the first Brazilian school for deaf-mutes at Rio de Janeiro.
The king had been away once for a year or two, and in Rio de Janeiro had married a Brazilian woman who followed his fortunes to the far-off island.