Brazil

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Portuguese Brazil, older spelling of Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), and -il (“-ile, -like, -y”) from Latin -īlis (“adjective suffix”). ==== Alternative forms ==== Brasil (archaic) ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK, US) IPA(key): /bɹəˈzɪl/, [-ˈzɪɫ] Hyphenation: Bra‧zil Rhymes: -ɪl ==== Proper noun ==== Brazil A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília. A city, the county seat of Clay County, Indiana, United States. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== Brasília ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== ==== Further reading ==== Brazil on Wikiquote.Wikiquote Brazil on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage Category:Brazil on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Etymology 2 === Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Breasail (“descendant of Breasal”), a byname meaning "strife". ==== Alternative forms ==== Brazzle ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbɹæzəl/ ==== Proper noun ==== Brazil (plural Brazils) A surname from Irish. ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Brazil is the 6373rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5343 individuals. Brazil is most common among White (70.19%) and Black/African American (20.4%) individuals. ==== Further reading ==== Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brazil”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220. == Albanian == === Proper noun === Brazil m (definite Brazili) Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) == Breton == === Proper noun === Brazil Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Brazil m pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Brasil ==== Usage notes ==== This spelling coexisted with Brasil. The country’s official name technically changed in 1931, with the passing of the 1931 Orthographic Agreement. However, since the agreement was largely not followed, the spelling with a ⟨z⟩ remained in occasional use for some time. Nevertheless, the spelling Brasil became increasingly more common and was notably used in the Brazilian Constitution of 1934, which otherwise actively repealed this spelling reform. == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brǎziːl/ Hyphenation: Bra‧zil === Proper noun === Bràzīl m inan (Cyrillic spelling Бра̀зӣл) Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America) ==== Declension ====