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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northeast Brazil northwest of Natal on the Atlantic Ocean. Founded in 1609, it is a thriving port and industrial center.
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- proper noun State capital of
Ceará (Brazil ).
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Examples
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I’m no expert on pverty, but I know several people in Fortaleza Brazil living in mud houses with no electricity or running water who think they wer in heaven if they actually earned half the US’s “poverty level.”
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Trade Deficit? Don’t Panic! 2005
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Apart from Pasión, the other rooms are called Fortaleza
HotelChatter - 2010
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But one company, Santana Textiles of Fortaleza, Brazil, saw opportunity here.
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The first local money in Brazil was the palma, or palm, which helped foster a local economy in Conjunto Palmeiras, outside Fortaleza in Brazil's northeast.
In Pockets of Booming Brazil, a Mint Idea Gains Currency Paulo Prada 2011
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At the governor's mansion, La Fortaleza, Fortuno told Obama: On behalf of the people of Puerto Rico we want to welcome you.
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But one company, Santana Textiles of Fortaleza, Brazil, saw opportunity here.
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Four of Brazil's top ten trashmakers -- Fortaleza, Goiania, Natal and Recife -- are located in the economically challenged Northeast and Altiplano regions and their growth is sparked by stimulus programs implemented by the federal government.
Eric Ehrmann: Brazil's Garbage Becomes an Olympic Challenge Eric Ehrmann 2011
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But one company, Santana Textiles of Fortaleza, Brazil, saw opportunity here.
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Four of Brazil's top ten trashmakers -- Fortaleza, Goiania, Natal and Recife -- are located in the economically challenged Northeast and Altiplano regions and their growth is sparked by stimulus programs implemented by the federal government.
Eric Ehrmann: Brazil's Garbage Becomes an Olympic Challenge Eric Ehrmann 2011
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But one company, Santana Textiles of Fortaleza, Brazil, saw opportunity here.
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