Meanings
proper noun
alternative Brasilia
- A municipality, the capital city of Brazil; the capital of Distrito Federal, Brazil.
- metonymicallyThe Brazilian government.
Origin
- Vulgar Latin*brasa
- Old Galician-Portuguesebrasa
- Portuguesebrasa
- Portuguesebrasil
- PortugueseTerra do Brasilellip.
- PortugueseBrasil
- LatinBrasilia
- PortugueseBrasília
- EnglishBrasília
Borrowed from Portuguese Brasília.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بْرَازِيلِيَا
- بْرَازِيلِيَا (brāzīliyā)the capital of Brazil
Bengali ব্রাসিলিয়া
- ব্রাসিলিয়া (braśiliẏa)the capital of Brazil
Bulgarian Брази́лия
- Брази́лия (Brazílija)the capital of Brazil
Catalan Brasília
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
Chinese Mandarin 巴西利亞 /巴西利亚
- 巴西利亞 /巴西利亚 (Bāxīlìyà)the capital of Brazil
Czech Brasília, Brasilia
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
- Brasiliathe capital of Brazil
Danish Brasilia
- Brasiliathe capital of Brazil
Dutch Brasilia
- Brasiliathe capital of Brazil
Esperanto Braziljo
- Braziljothe capital of Brazil
Estonian Brasília
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
Finnish Brasília
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
French Brasília, Brasilia
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
- Brasiliathe capital of Brazil
German Brasília
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
Greek Μπραζίλια
- Μπραζίλια (Brazília)the capital of Brazil
Hebrew בְּרָזִילְיָה
- בְּרָזִילְיָה (brazílya)the capital of Brazil
Hindi ब्रासीलिया
- ब्रासीलिया (brāsīliyā)the capital of Brazil
Hungarian Brazíliaváros, Brasília
- Brazíliavárosthe capital of Brazil
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
Irish Brasília
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
Italian Brasilia
- Brasiliathe capital of Brazil
Japanese ブラジリア
- ブラジリア (Burajiria)the capital of Brazil
Korean 브라질리아
- 브라질리아 (Beurajillia)the capital of Brazil
Latvian Brazilja
- Braziljathe capital of Brazil
Lithuanian Brazilija
- Brazilijathe capital of Brazil
Malay Brasília
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
Norwegian Bokmål Brasília
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
Persian برازیلیا
- برازیلیا (berâziliyâ)the capital of Brazil
Polish Brasília
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
Portuguese Brasília
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
Russian Брази́лиа
- Брази́лиа (Brazília)the capital of Brazil
Slovak Brazília
- Brazíliathe capital of Brazil
Spanish Brasilia
- Brasiliathe capital of Brazil
Swedish Brasília
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
Thai บราซีเลีย
- บราซีเลีย (braa-sii-liia)the capital of Brazil
Turkish Brasília, Brasilia
- Brasíliathe capital of Brazil
- Brasiliathe capital of Brazil
Ukrainian Брази́ліа
- Брази́ліа (Brazýlia)the capital of Brazil
Urdu براسیلیا
- براسیلیا (brāselyā)the capital of Brazil
Vietnamese Bra-xi-li-a
- Bra-xi-li-athe capital of Brazil
Cite this entry
APA
Brasília. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bras%C3%ADlia
MLA
“Brasília.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bras%C3%ADlia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Brasília,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bras%C3%ADlia.
Source: Brasília on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.