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Paraíba

Index Paraíba

Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad for navigation") is a state of Brazil. [1]

121 relations: Afro-Brazilians, Agriculture, Alcohol, Americas, Araruna, Paraíba, Areia, Paraíba, Ariano Suassuna, Asia, Atlantic Ocean, Augusto dos Anjos, Bean, Beef, Bonfire, Borborema Plateau, Brazil, Brazilian Democratic Movement, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Brazilian Revolution of 1930, Brazilian Social Democracy Party, Brazilian Socialist Party, Caboclo, Campina Grande, Capital city, Carnival, Cattle, Cássio Cunha Lima, Ceará, City, Copper, Cotton, Crustacean, Democratic Labour Party (Brazil), Dialect, English language, Ethnic group, Europe, Federal Senate, Federal University of Campina Grande, Federal University of Paraíba, Festa Junina, Fireworks, Fish, Footwear, France, Gemstone, Getúlio Vargas, Gross domestic product, Guarabira, House, Human Development Index, ..., Ilha de Itamaracá, Indigenous peoples in Brazil, Ingá Stone, ISO 3166-2:BR, Júlio Prestes, João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, João Pessoa, Paraíba, José Américo de Almeida, José Lins do Rego, José Maranhão, Landline, Leather, List of Brazilian federative units by gross regional product, List of Brazilian federative units by Human Development Index, List of Brazilian states by area, List of Brazilian states by population, List of Brazilian states by population density, List of current state governors in Brazil, List of largest cities in Brazil, List of sovereign states, Maize, Metres above sea level, Midsummer, Mobile phone, Mulatto, Municipalities of Brazil, Netherlands, Northeast Region, Brazil, Olinda, Paraíba do Norte River, Paraíba State University, Patos, Pedro Américo, Pernambuco, Pineapple, Ponta do Seixas, Population growth, Portugal, Portuguese language, Portuguese people, President of Brazil, Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport, Raimundo Lira, Ricardo Coutinho, Rio Grande do Norte, Santa Rita, Paraíba, São João do Tigre, Secondary school, Secondary sector of the economy, Shoe, Sisal, Sousa, Paraíba, Spain, Spanish language, States of Brazil, Sugar, Sugarcane, Summer solstice, Taxicab, Tertiary sector of the economy, Time in Brazil, Tourism, Tourmaline, Tupi language, Turquoise, Urbanization, Vehicle, White Brazilians, Winter solstice, Woven fabric, Zambo. Expand index (71 more) »

Afro-Brazilians

Afro-Brazilians (afro-brasileiros) are Brazilian people who have African ancestry.

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Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Alcohol

In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group (–OH) is bound to a carbon.

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Americas

The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

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Araruna, Paraíba

Araruna is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.

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Areia, Paraíba

Areia is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.

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Ariano Suassuna

Ariano Vilar Suassuna (June 16, 1927 – July 23, 2014) was a Brazilian playwright and author.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Augusto dos Anjos

Augusto de Carvalho Rodrigues dos Anjos (April 20, 1884 – November 12, 1914) was a Brazilian poet and professor.

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Bean

A bean is a seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used for human or animal food.

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Beef

Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle, particularly skeletal muscle.

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Bonfire

A bonfire is a large but controlled outdoor fire, used either for informal disposal of burnable waste material or as part of a celebration.

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Borborema Plateau

The Borborema Plateau (Portuguese Planalto da Borborema, also known as the Serra da Borborema) is a plateau in northeastern Brazil which extends across the states of Pernambuco, Paraíba, and Rio Grande do Norte.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Brazilian Democratic Movement

The Brazilian Democratic Movement (Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, MDB) is a Brazilian political party.

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Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil.

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Brazilian Revolution of 1930

The Revolution of 1930, also known as the 1930 coup d'état or coup of 1930 was an armed movement led by the states of Minas Gerais, Paraíba and Rio Grande do Sul, culminating in a coup.

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Brazilian Social Democracy Party

The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, PSDB, also translated as "Party of Brazilian Social Democracy" or "Brazilian Social Democratic Party") is a centrist political party in Brazil.

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Brazilian Socialist Party

The Brazilian Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Brasileiro, PSB) is a political party in Brazil.

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Caboclo

A caboclo (also pronounced "caboco"; from Brazilian Portuguese, perhaps ultimately from Tupi kaa'boc, means a "person having copper-coloured skin") (English: cabloke) is a person of mixed Indigenous Brazilian and European ancestry (the first, most common use), or a culturally assimilated person of full Amerindian descent.

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Campina Grande

Campina Grande (Portuguese "Great Plain") is the second most populous Brazilian city in the State of Paraíba after João Pessoa, the capital.

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Capital city

A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.

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Carnival

Carnival (see other spellings and names) is a Western Christian and Greek Orthodox festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent.

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Cattle

Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates.

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Cássio Cunha Lima

Cássio Rodrigues da Cunha Lima (Campina Grande, April 5, 1963) is a brazilian lawyer and politician, affiliated to the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy (PSDB).

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Ceará

Ceará (locally in Ceará or in Northeast Region of Brazil the pronunciation is) is one of the 27 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast.

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City

A city is a large human settlement.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from cuprum) and atomic number 29.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Crustacean

Crustaceans (Crustacea) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles.

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Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)

The Democratic Labour Party (Partido Democrático Trabalhista, PDT) is a social democratic political party in Brazil.

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Dialect

The term dialect (from Latin,, from the Ancient Greek word,, "discourse", from,, "through" and,, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Ethnic group

An ethnic group, or an ethnicity, is a category of people who identify with each other based on similarities such as common ancestry, language, history, society, culture or nation.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Federal Senate

The Federal Senate (Senado Federal) is the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil.

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Federal University of Campina Grande

The Federal University of Campina Grande (Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, UFCG) is a public university whose main campus is located in the city of Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil.

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Federal University of Paraíba

The Federal University of Paraíba (Universidade Federal da Paraíba, UFPB) is a public university whose main campus is located in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.

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Festa Junina

Festa Junina (June Festival), also known as the festa de São João for their part in celebrating the nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24), are the annual Brazilian celebrations adapted from European Midsummer that take place in the southern midwinter.

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Fireworks

Fireworks are a class of low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Footwear

Footwear refers to garments worn on the feet, which originally serves to purpose of protection against adversities of the environment, usually regarding ground textures and temperature.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Gemstone

A gemstone (also called a gem, fine gem, jewel, precious stone, or semi-precious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments.

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Getúlio Vargas

Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (19 April 1882 – 24 August 1954) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician, who served as President during two periods: the first was from 1930–1945, when he served as interim president from 1930–1934, constitutional president from 1934–1937, and dictator from 1937–1945.

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Gross domestic product

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced in a period (quarterly or yearly) of time.

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Guarabira

Guarabira is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.

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House

A house is a building that functions as a home.

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Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic (composite index) of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

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Ilha de Itamaracá

Ilha de Itamaracá is an island and municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean.

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Indigenous peoples in Brazil

Indigenous peoples in Brazil (povos indígenas no Brasil), or Indigenous Brazilians (indígenas brasileiros), comprise a large number of distinct ethnic groups who have inhabited what is now the country of Brazil since prior to the European contact around 1500.

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Ingá Stone

The Ingá Stone (Pedra do Ingá in Portuguese) is located in the middle of the Ingá River near the small city of Ingá, 96 km from João Pessoa, in Paraíba State in the northeast of Brazil.

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ISO 3166-2:BR

ISO 3166-2:BR is the entry for Brazil in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g. provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

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Júlio Prestes

Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque (March 15, 1882 – February 9, 1946) was a Brazilian poet, lawyer and politician.

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João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque

João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque (January 24, 1878 – July 26, 1930) was the governor of Paraíba between 1928 and 1930.

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João Pessoa, Paraíba

João Pessoa is the capital of the state of Paraíba in Brazil.

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José Américo de Almeida

José Américo de Almeida (January 10, 1887, in Areia – March 10, 1980, in João Pessoa) was a Brazilian writer, a politician, a lawyer and a teacher.

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José Lins do Rego

José Lins do Rego Cavalcanti (July 3, 1901 in Pilar Paraíba – September 12, 1957 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian novelist most known for his semi-autobiographical "sugarcane cycle." These novels were the basis of films that had distribution in the English speaking world.

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José Maranhão

José Targino Maranhão (born September 6, 1933 in Araruna, Paraíba) active in Brazilian politics, was former governor of Paraíba.

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Landline

A landline telephone (also known as land line, land-line, main line, home phone, landline, fixed-line, and wireline) is a phone that uses a metal wire or optical fiber telephone line for transmission as distinguished from a mobile cellular line, which uses radio waves for transmission.

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Leather

Leather is a durable and flexible material created by tanning animal rawhides, mostly cattle hide.

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List of Brazilian federative units by gross regional product

Brazil produced, in 1999, a gross domestic product (GDP) of R$44,403,000 million or US$2,223,737 million in nominal terms, ranking 7th worldwide, and US$ 2.896.461 million in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms, ranking 7th worldwide, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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List of Brazilian federative units by Human Development Index

Introduced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1990, the Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of education, income and longevity indices, calculated in order to measure social and economic development within countries.

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List of Brazilian states by area

There are 27 states of Brazil, (estados) which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which contains the capital city, Brasília.

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List of Brazilian states by population

There are 26 States in Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the national capital, Brasília.

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List of Brazilian states by population density

Population density is a ratio of the average number of inhabitants per square kilometre.

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List of current state governors in Brazil

In Brazil, the governors are the chief executives of the states of Brazil.

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List of largest cities in Brazil

Brazil has a high level of urbanization: 82 out of every 100 Brazilians live in cities.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Maize

Maize (Zea mays subsp. mays, from maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago.

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Metres above sea level

Metres above mean sea level (MAMSL) or simply metres above sea level (MASL or m a.s.l.) is a standard metric measurement in metres of the elevation or altitude of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level.

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Midsummer

Midsummer is the period of time centered upon the summer solstice, and more specifically the northern European celebrations that accompany the actual solstice or take place on a day between June 19 and June 25 and the preceding evening.

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Mobile phone

A mobile phone, known as a cell phone in North America, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area.

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Mulatto

Mulatto is a term used to refer to people born of one white parent and one black parent or to people born of a mulatto parent or parents.

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Municipalities of Brazil

The municipalities of Brazil (Municípios do Brasil) are administrative divisions of the Brazilian states.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Northeast Region, Brazil

The Northeast Region of Brazil (Região Nordeste do Brasil) is one of the five official and political regions of the country according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.

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Olinda

Olinda, is an historic city in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, located on the country's northeastern Atlantic Ocean coast, in Greater Recife (capital of Pernambuco State). It has a population of 389,494 people, covers, and has a population of 9 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is noted as one of the best-preserved colonial cities in Brazil. Olinda features a number of major tourist attractions, such as a historic downtown area (World Heritage Site), churches, and the Carnival of Olinda, a popular street party, very similar to traditional Portuguese carnivals, with the addition of African influenced dances. Unlike in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, in Olinda, admission to Carnival is free. All the festivities are celebrated on the streets, and there are no bleachers or roping. There are hundreds of small musical groups (sometimes featuring a single performer) in many genres.

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Paraíba do Norte River

The Paraíba do Norte River, also known simply as the Paraíba River, is a river in Paraíba state of northeastern Brazil.

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Paraíba State University

The Paraíba State University (Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, UEPB) is a public university in the Brazilian state of Paraíba.

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Patos

Patos is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.

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Pedro Américo

Pedro Américo de Figueiredo e Melo (29 April 1843 – 7 October 1905) was a Brazilian novelist, poet, scientist, art theorist, essayist, philosopher, politician and professor, but is best remembered as one of the most important academic painters of Brazil.

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Pernambuco

Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country.

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Pineapple

The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, also called pineapples, and the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.

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Ponta do Seixas

Ponta do Seixas, also known as Cape Branco, is a cape on the Atlantic coast of Paraíba state, eastern Brazil, that forms the easternmost point of the American continents, roughly 8 km (5 mi) southeast of João Pessoa, the state capital.

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Population growth

In biology or human geography, population growth is the increase in the number of individuals in a population.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.

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Portuguese language

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language originating from the regions of Galicia and northern Portugal in the 9th century.

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Portuguese people

Portuguese people are an ethnic group indigenous to Portugal that share a common Portuguese culture and speak Portuguese.

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President of Brazil

The President of Brazil, officially the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the President of the Republic, is both the head of state and the head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

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Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport

Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport is the airport serving João Pessoa, Brazil located in the adjoining municipality of Bayeux.

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Raimundo Lira

Raimundo Lira (born December 16, 1943) is a Brazilian politician.

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Ricardo Coutinho

Ricardo Vieira Coutinho (born November 18, 1960, in João Pessoa) is a Brazilian politician.

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Rio Grande do Norte

Rio Grande do Norte (lit. "Great Northern River", in reference to the mouth of the Potenji River) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern region of the country, occupying the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent.

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Santa Rita, Paraíba

Santa Rita, Paraíba is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.

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São João do Tigre

São João do Tigre is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.

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Secondary school

A secondary school is both an organization that provides secondary education and the building where this takes place.

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Secondary sector of the economy

The secondary sector of the economy includes industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction.

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Shoe

A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot while the wearer is doing various activities.

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Sisal

Sisal, with the botanical name Agave sisalana, is a species of Agave native to southern Mexico but widely cultivated and naturalized in many other countries.

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Sousa, Paraíba

Sousa, Paraíba is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin America and Spain.

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States of Brazil

The Federative Republic of Brazil is a union of 27 Federative Units (Unidades Federativas, UF): 26 states (estados) and one federal district (distrito federal), where the federal capital, Brasília, is located.

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Sugar

Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.

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Sugarcane

Sugarcane, or sugar cane, are several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia, Polynesia and Melanesia, and used for sugar production.

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Summer solstice

The summer solstice (or estival solstice), also known as midsummer, occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun.

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Taxicab

A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride.

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Tertiary sector of the economy

The tertiary sector or service sector is the third of the three economic sectors of the three-sector theory.

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Time in Brazil

In use from 21 February 2016, to 16 October 2016.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

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Tourmaline

Tourmaline is a crystalline boron silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium.

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Tupi language

Old Tupi or classical Tupi is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the native Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil.

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Turquoise

Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O.

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Urbanization

Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural to urban residency, the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas, and the ways in which each society adapts to this change.

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Vehicle

A vehicle (from vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo.

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White Brazilians

White Brazilians (brasileiros brancos) refers to Brazilian citizens of European or Levantine descent.

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Winter solstice

The winter solstice (or hibernal solstice), also known as midwinter, is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year.

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Woven fabric

Woven fabric is any textile formed by weaving.

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Zambo

Zambo and cafuzo are racial terms used in the Spanish and Portuguese empires and occasionally today to identify individuals in the Americas who are of mixed African and Amerindian ancestry (the analogous English term, sambo, is considered a slur).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraíba

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