Belem
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- proper noun
- The mahogany logs were cut before shipment to Belem for export to southern Brazil.
Examples
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The Belem market is famous for its fresh produce and local delicacies from the Amazon region.
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After returning to Belem, the father understands that his son cannot abandon his adopted people of the rainforest.
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If technologies could make a difference, they would be expected to do so there because those ranches are near the large Belem market.
Academic text (1993) -
Belem herself was from the rural interior, and like many others, moved to Praia to start a new household.
Academic text (2008) -
After returning to Belem, the father understands that his son cannot abandon his adopted people of the rainforest.
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Only the exported mahogany was sent through Belem; the rest was shipped to southern Brazil.
Academic text (1990) -
For example, although the population of Belem increased by 35 percent during the 1970s, Maraba in southern Para grew by 193 percent (IBGE).
Academic text (1990) -
More than one-half of the urban population in Amazonia resides in Belem and Manaus, but the degree of their primacy has been declining.
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The Portuguese Crown, attracted by the abundance of ship timber, located one of its three Brazilian naval shipyards in Belem, which rapidly became the largest-scale industrial enterprise in the Amazon, with a workforce of 370 as early as 1771.
Academic text (2001) -
Many tourists visit Belem to explore its rich culture and history, as well as to enjoy the beautiful views of the Amazon delta.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Belem comes from the Portuguese name Belém, the same as Bethlehem, which in old Hebrew means 'house of bread'. So you can remember Belem as a city by the river with busy markets and food, like a 'house of bread' at the Amazon port.