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Ouro Preto

Ouro Preto proper noun: a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Proper noun

Ouro Preto

  1. A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Origin of Ouro Preto

From Portuguese Ouro Preto (literally “Black Gold”).

Questions about Ouro Preto

What does Ouro Preto mean?
Ouro Preto means a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
What part of speech is Ouro Preto?
Ouro Preto is a proper noun.

Words near Ouro Preto in the dictionary

  1. Ourimbah
  2. ourisia
  3. ourisias
  4. ourn
  5. Ournie
  6. Ouro Preto
  7. ouroboric
  8. ouroboroi
  9. ouroboros
  10. ouroboroses
  11. ouroborosian

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