Federative Republic of Brazil
- proper noun
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República Federativa de Brasil
- Many official documents list the country's name as the Federative Republic of Brazil rather than simply Brazil.
Examples
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The president of the Federative Republic of Brazil addressed the United Nations general assembly.
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Did you know that the Federative Republic of Brazil has the Amazon rainforest?
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International agreements often refer to the Federative Republic of Brazil in their formal texts.
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The Federative Republic of Brazil is known for its diverse culture.
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The president of the Federative Republic of Brazil addressed the United Nations general assembly.
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Many official documents list the country's name as the Federative Republic of Brazil rather than simply Brazil.
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International agreements often refer to the Federative Republic of Brazil in their formal texts.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large country in South America where people speak Portuguese
Surface Forms
Morphology
federative + republic + of + Brazil
This is a literal, compositional country name: a learner who knows 'federative' (relating to a federation), 'republic' (a form of government), and 'Brazil' can derive that it refers to Brazil's official federal republican name. The same construction exists cross-linguistically (e.g. República Federativa do Brasil, Federal Republic of Germany), so a B1 learner knowing the constituents will understand the meaning.
Etymology
Federative Republic of Brazil uses Federative to show a group of states joined together and Republic to mean there is no king and leaders are chosen by vote. So the name tells us that 'Brazil' is a country made of many states with an elected government.