Campo Formoso

proper noun

A municipality of Bahia, Brazil.

OriginPortuguese Campo Formoso →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A municipality of Bahia, Brazil.

    In Bahia, chromite was discovered near Santa Luzia in 1906, in the Cascabulhos range near Campo Formoso in 1907, and at Boa Vista in the vicinity of Satide during 1919.

    1988, Michael H. Silk, World chromite resources and ferrochromium production, Council for Mineral Technology, →ISBN, page 17
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    Geographically, 89.7% of the reserves are located in the State of Bahia, in the municipalities of Campo Formoso, Andorinha, Cansanção, Monte Santo, Uauá and Santa Luz.

    2007, International Business Publications, Brazil Mineral & Mining Sector Investment and Business Guide, International Business Publications, →ISBN, page 82

    In May 1999 the Portuguese cement maker Cimpor announced plans to invest U.S.$130 million to expand output at its factory in Campo Formoso in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia.

    2009, Thomas Andrew O'Keefe, Latin American and Caribbean Trade Agreements: Keys to a Prosperous Community of the Americas, →ISBN, page 222

Origin

  1. PortugueseCampo Formoso
  2. EnglishCampo Formoso

Borrowed from Portuguese Campo Formoso.

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APA

Campo Formoso. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Campo%20Formoso

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