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Belem

noun
1.
Port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin.  Synonyms: Feliz Lusitania, Para, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem.





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"Belem" Quotes from Famous Books



... prejudiced by letters from Rio, refused him permission to land; and he had the mortification of being treated as a criminal, in that very city where he had governed with honour, and where he had been beloved. On his arrival at Lisbon, he suffered a short imprisonment in the tower of Belem. Yet his misconduct, if it amounted to all he was charged with, seems to have been ...
— Journal of a Voyage to Brazil - And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 • Maria Graham


Words linked to "Belem" :   Federative Republic of Brazil, urban center, port, St. Mary of Bethlehem, city, Santa Maria de Belem, Brasil, Feliz Lusitania, metropolis, brazil


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