Minas Gerais

English

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Etymology

From Portuguese Minas Gerais.

Proper noun

Minas Gerais

1. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Belo Horizonte

Translations

state in south-eastern Brazil

• Arabic: مِينَاسْ جِيرَايْسْ (mīnās jīrāys)
• Armenian: Մինաս Ժերայս (Minas Žerays)
• Catalan: Minas Gerais f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 米納斯吉拉斯／米纳斯吉拉斯

• Esperanto: Minas-Ĝerajso, Minas-Ĵerajso
• French: Minas Gerais (fr)
• Georgian: მინას-ჟერაისი (minas-žeraisi)
• Greek: Μίνας Ζεράις (Mínas Zeráis)
• Japanese: ミナスジェライス (Minasujeraisu)
• Latin: Minarum Generalium
• Portuguese: Minas Gerais (pt) f or f pl
• Russian: Ми́нас-Жера́йс (ru) (Mínas-Žerájs)
• Spanish: Minas Gerais

Further reading

• Category:Minas Gerais on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Minas Gerais on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Minas Gerais on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Minas Gerais.

Proper noun

Minas Gerais f

1. Minas Gerais (a state of Brazil; capital: Belo Horizonte)

Portuguese

Minas Gerais

Etymology

Literally, “General Mines”. Two origins are proposed:

• Literal meaning: the mines spread in several spots around a larger region
• From Minas dos Matos Gerais ("Mines of the General Woods"), which encompasses the region of "Mines" and the region of "General Woods" (or "General Fields"), which were farther from mines and harder to access

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ.nɐz ʒeˈɾajs/ [ˈmĩ.nɐz ʒeˈɾaɪ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ.nɐz ʒeˈɾajs/ [ˈmĩ.nɐz ʒeˈɾaɪ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ.nɐ ʒeˈɾajʃ/ [ˈmĩ.nɐ ʒeˈɾaɪ̯ʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.naz ʒeˈɾajs/ [ˈmi.naz ʒeˈɾaɪ̯s]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nɐ ʒɨˈɾajʃ/

• Audio (Brazil):

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Proper noun

Minas Gerais

1. A state of the Southeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Belo Horizonte

   Synonyms: Minas, MG

Related terms

• mineiro (demonym)

See also

• (states of Brazil) estado do Brazil; Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins ^{(Category: pt:States of Brazil)}