Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern Brazil west of São Paulo. It is a commercial and industrial center.
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Examples
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Mechanic Joao Leite dos Santos tells Globo TV he was drunk when he jumped into the water separating the spider monkeys from the public at the Sorocaba zoo near Sao Paulo on Sunday.
Joao Leite Dos Santos, Brazilian Mechanic, Attacked By Monkeys After Invading Zoo Pit 2011
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Joao Leite Dos Santos thought it might be fun to play with the monkeys at the Sorocaba Zoo near Sao Paulo.
Monkey Attack Caught On Tape After Drunk Brazilian Man Breaks Into Zoo Pit (GRAPHIC VIDEO) 2011
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The Japanese car maker will spend $600 million to build the facility on land in Sorocaba, Sao Paulo that it bought in 2008.
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The Sorocaba plant will have an initial annual production capacity of 70,000 vehicles and will also export the new compact.
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Since there were few Jewish families in the town, the family spent the important religious festivals in Sorocaba, where the Jewish community had built a synagogue.
Rosa Grena Kliass. 2009
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A police inspector in the city of Sorocaba says 64-year-old Joao Batista Groppo was arrested Wednesday after his wife of 40 years was found locked in a "filthy and dark" cellar.
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A police inspector in the city of Sorocaba says 64-year-old Joao Batista Groppo was arrested Wednesday after his wife of 40 years was found locked in a "filthy and dark" cellar.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The Jornal do Brasil showed video of Joao Leite dos Santos peeling off his shirt and climbing into the narrow moat between visitors and the spider monkeys at the park in Sorocaba, near Sao Paulo, on Sunday.
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They wanted to use the principle of Habeas corpus to have Jimmy, 27, freed and moved to live with other chimpanzees at a wildlife sanctuary in Sorocaba, Sao Paulo state, owned by Pedro Ynterian, international president of GAP.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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A police inspector in the city of Sorocaba says 64-year-old Joao Batista Groppo was arrested Wednesday after his wife of 40 years was found locked in a "filthy and dark" cellar.
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