List of places in Brazil named after people
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This is a list of places in Brazil which are named after people :
- Anchieta, Brazil - Father José de Anchieta
- Benjamin Constant, Amazonas, Brazil - Benjamin Constant (Brazilian politician, writer and journalist)
- Campos Sales, Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
- Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Carlos Chagas (discoverer of Chagas disease)
- Duque de Caxias, Brazil - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian general and politician
- Epitaciolândia, Acre, Brazil - Epitácio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
- Euclides da Cunha, Bahia - Euclides da Cunha (Brazilian writer)
- Florianópolis, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
- Gonçalves Dias, Maranhão, Brazil - Antônio Gonçalves Dias (a Brazilian poet)
- João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil - João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, governor of the state of Paraíba
- Marechal Deodoro, Amazonas, Brazil - Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (a president of Brazil)
- Marechal Floriano, Espírito Santo, Brazil - Floriano Peixoto (a president of Brazil)
- Nilo Peçanha, Brazil, Bahia - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
- Nilópolis, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha (a Brazilian president)
- Peçanha, Brazil - Nilo Peçanha
- Petrópolis, Brazil - Pedro I, emperor of Brazil
- Presidente Bernardes, Brazil - Artur da Silva Bernardes (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Dutra, Brazil - Eurico Gaspar Dutra (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Epitácio, Brazil - Epitâcio da Silva Pessoa (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Figueiredo, Brazil João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Getúlio, Brazil - Getúlio Vargas (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Jânio Quadros, Brazil Jânio Quadros (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Juscelino, Brazil - Juscelino Kubitschek (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Kennedy, Espírito Santo, Brazil - John Fitzgerald Kennedy (American president)
- Presidente Médici, Brazil - Emílio Garrastazú Médici (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Prudente and Prudente de Morais, Brazil - Prudente José de Morais Barros (a Brazilian president)
- Presidente Sarney, Maranhão, Brazil - José Sarney (a Brazilian president)
- Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil - Barão do Rio Branco (Brazilian politician and diplomat)
- Rondonópolis and Rondolândia, Brazil - Cândido Rondon (Brazilian military officer and explorer)
- Ruy Barbosa, Brazil - Ruy Barbosa (Brazilian jurist, politician and diplomat)
- Salesópolis, Brazil - Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil)
- Salvador, Brazil - Jesus (the Christian Savior)
- Santos Dumont, Brazil - Alberto Santos Dumont, inventor of aircraft
- Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais - Alberto Santos Dumont
- São Paulo - Saint Paul
- São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil - Louis IX of France (Saint Louis)
- São Vicente, Brazil - Saint Vincent
- São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil - Saint Sebastian
- Sud Mennucci, São Paulo, Brazil - journalist and educator Sud Mennucci
- Teresina, Piauí, Brazil - Empress Tereza Christina of Brazil, wife of Pedro II
- Teresópolis - Empress Tereza Christina of Brazil, wife of Pedro II
[edit] See also
- List of places named after people
- Buildings and structures named after people
- Lists of places by eponym
- List of eponyms
- Lists of etymologies
