Minas Gerais

 

From Portuguese Minas Gerais.

Minas Gerais

1. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Belo Horizonte

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Borrowed from Portuguese Minas Gerais.

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1. Minas Gerais (a state of Brazil; capital: Belo Horizonte)

 

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Minas Gerais

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Literally, “General Mines”. Two origins are proposed:

• Literal meaning: the mines spread in several spots around a larger region
• From Minas dos Matos Gerais ("Mines of the General Woods"), which encompasses the region of "Mines" and the region of "General Woods" (or "General Fields"), which were farther from mines and harder to access

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Minas Gerais

1. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Belo Horizonte

   Synonyms: Minas, MG

• mineiro (demonym)

• (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}