Etymology tree
Vulgar Latin *brasa
Old Galician-Portuguese brasa
Portuguese brasa
Proto-Indo-European *-elis
Proto-Italic *-elis
Latin -īlislbor.
Portuguese -il
Portuguese brasilder.
Portuguese Terra do Brasilellip.
Portuguese Brasilder.
Portuguese Brazilbor.
English Brazil
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”).
Meanings
A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.
In February, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe in Brazil made brief contact with the outside world before returning to the Amazon rainforest. 2025 April 4, Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra, “US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe”, in CNN:
A city, the county seat of Clay County, Indiana, United States.
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country in South America) · id Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · sv Brasilien (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · tl Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · co Brasile (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · mk Бразил (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · sc Brasile (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · es Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · am ብራዚል (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · rw Burezile (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · yo Bìràsílì (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · eo Brazilo (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · da Brasilien (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ja 伯剌西爾 (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · gu બ્રાઝીલ (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ki Buraziri (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · hy Բրազիլիա (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ia Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · rue Бразі́лія (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · tk Braziliýa (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · he בְּרָזִיל (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · sq Brazil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · et Brasiilia (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ja ブラジル (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · de Brasilien (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · os Бразили (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · lo ບຣາຊິນ (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ce Бразили (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · hi ब्राज़ील (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · sh Bràzīl (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · kln Brazili (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ka ბრაზილია (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · wal Biraazzile (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · cs Brazílie (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · sl Brazílija (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · prs بَرَازِیل (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ar الْبَرَازِيل (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · my ဘရာဇီး (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · nb Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ko 브라질 (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ca Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ast Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ta பிரேசில் (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · nv Bwazííl (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · la Brasilia (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · lt Brazilija (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · arc ܒܪܐܙܝܠ (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · gv Yn Vrasseel (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · yue 巴西 (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · it Brasile (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · mhr Бразилий (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · kam Mbkasili (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · pl Brazylia (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ur بْرَازِیل (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ms Brazil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · srn Brasyonkondre (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · yi בראַזיל (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · sh Бра̀зӣл (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · hu Brazília (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · scn Brasili (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · gl Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · br Brazil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · fa-ira بِرِزیل (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ti ብራዚል (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · rup Brazilii (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · fi Brasilia (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · dz བཱརཱ་ཛིལ (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · wuu 巴西 (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · mt il-Brażil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ro Brazilia (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · be Бразі́лія (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · bg Брази́лия (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · sq Brazili (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ady Бразилие (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · gug Pindoráma (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · si බ්රසීලය (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · or ବ୍ରାଜିଲ (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ug برازىلىيە (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ne ब्राजिल (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · kk Бразилия (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ckb بەڕازیل (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ab Бразилия (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · za Bahsih (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · hrx Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · sco Brazil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · sm Pasila (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · mr ब्राझील (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · uz Braziliya (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · lb Brasilien (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · cmn 巴西 (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · gd Braisil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · kmr Brezîl (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · tg Бразилия (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ha Birazil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · id Brazil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · prs بْرَازِیل (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · dv ބުރެޒިލް (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · pt Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · haw Palakila (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · nah Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · sa ब्रासील (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · uk Брази́лія (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · to Palāsili (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · yrl Braziu (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ps برازيل (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · chr ᏆᏏᎵ (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · sk Brazília (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · rup Brazilia (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · luo Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · te బ్రెజిల్ (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · yi בראַזיליע (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · eu Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · gur Barazɩl (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · km ប្រេស៊ីល (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · fr Brésil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · srn Brasyon (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · nrf Brési (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · kn ಬ್ರೆಜಿಲ್ (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · sw Brazili (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · mi Parīhi (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · io Brazilia (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · tr Brezilya (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · dv ބްރެޒިލް (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ky Бразилия (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · luy Brazil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · bo པུ་རུ་ཟིལ (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ru Брази́лия (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ga An Bhrasaíl (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · fo Brasilia (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · lo ບຣາຊິລ (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · vi Ba Tây (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · nl Brazilië (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · ml ബ്രസീൽ (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · cy Brasil (Portuguese-speaking country in South America) · az Braziliya (Portuguese-speaking country in South America)