Brazil (disambiguation)

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Brazil is the largest country of Latin America. Brazil may also refer to:

Historical states:

• United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815 – 1825)
• Empire of Brazil (1822 – 1889)

Places:

• Brazil, Indiana, a city in the United States named after the country
• Terceira Island in the Azores (formerly named Brazil)
• a neighbourhood or refugee camp in Rafah
• Brazil (mythical island)

Sports:

• Brazil national football team, 5 time Football World Cup Winners
• Clube de Regatas Brasil, a Brazilian football (soccer) team.
• Gary Brazil, an English footballer

Books:

• Angela Brazil, an English author
• Brazil (novel), by John Updike

Movies:

• Brazil (film), a film directed by Terry Gilliam
• The Boys from Brazil, based on a novel of the same name

Music:

• Brazil (Eurovision song), a song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, performed by Bebi Dol, representing SFR Yugoslavia
• "Aquarela do Brasil", a patriotic Brazilian song also known in English-speaking countries simply as "Brazil"
• Brazil (band), on Immortal Records
• Brazil (album), a live album by Men at Work
• Jets to Brazil, an indie rock band
• Little Brazil, an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska
• "Brazil" (song), a song by Cazuza
• Brasil (Manhattan Transfer album), the 1987 album by The Manhattan Transfer

Botany:

• Brazil Nut
• Caesalpinia echinata, a tree, commonly known as Pau-Brasil

Computing:

• Brazil R/S, The Brazil Rendering System, a photorealistic rendering engine
• Brazil (operating system), code name for the fourth edition of Plan 9 from Bell Labs

Other Uses:

• Brazilian waxing, a type of waxing involving the bikini area

[edit] See also

• Brazel