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Brasil

Brasil proper noun: a mythical island, said to exist off the western coast of Ireland. Also the obsolete spelling of Brazil.

brasil: a mythical island, said to exist off the western coast of Ireland
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Proper noun

Brasil

  1. A mythical island, said to exist off the western coast of Ireland.
    Synonyms:
    Hy-Brasil

Also used as

Brasil is also the obsolete spelling of Brazil.

Synonyms of Brasil

  • Hy-Brasil

Origin of Brasil

From Portuguese Brasil. Doublet of Brazil.

Phrases with Brasil

Questions about Brasil

What does Brasil mean?
Brasil means a mythical island, said to exist off the western coast of Ireland.
What part of speech is Brasil?
Brasil is a proper noun.

Words near Brasil in the dictionary

  1. brasier
  2. brasiers
  3. brasiery
  4. brasiguayo
  5. brasiguayos
  6. Brasil
  7. Brasil nut
  8. Brasil nuts
  9. brasilein
  10. Brasileira
  11. Brasileiras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Brasil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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