Meanings
proper noun
- A state of the South Region, Brazil. Capital: Porto Alegre.
Origin
- PortugueseRio Grande do Sul
- EnglishRio Grande do Sul
From Portuguese Rio Grande do Sul (literally “Great River of the South”). Rio Grande (“Great River”) is an old name for the Lagoa dos Patos lagoon, and the southern attribution contrasts with Rio Grande do Norte.
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Arabic رِيُو غْرَانْدِي دُو سُولْ
- رِيُو غْرَانْدِي دُو سُولْ (riyū ḡrāndī dū sūl)state in southern Brazil
Chinese Mandarin 南里奧格蘭德州 /南里奥格兰德州
- 南里奧格蘭德州 /南里奥格兰德州 (Nán Lǐ'àogélándé Zhōu)state in southern Brazil
French Rio Grande do Sul
- Rio Grande do Sulstate in southern Brazil
Greek Ρίο Γκράντε ντο Σουλ
- Ρίο Γκράντε ντο Σουλ (Río Gkránte nto Soul)state in southern Brazil
Japanese リオグランデ・ド・スル
- リオグランデ・ド・スル (Riogurande do Suru)state in southern Brazil
Korean 히우그란지두술
- 히우그란지두술 (hiugeuranjidusul)state in southern Brazil
Portuguese Rio Grande do Sul
- Rio Grande do Sulstate in southern Brazil
Russian Ри́у-Гра́нди-ду-Сул
- Ри́у-Гра́нди-ду-Сул (Ríu-Grándi-du-Sul)state in southern Brazil
Spanish Río Grande del Sur
- Río Grande del Surstate in southern Brazil
Ukrainian Рі́у-Гра́нді-ду-Сул, Рі́у-Ґра́нді-ду-Сул
- Рі́у-Гра́нді-ду-Сул (Ríu-Hrándi-du-Sul)state in southern Brazil
- Рі́у-Ґра́нді-ду-Сул (Ríu-Grándi-du-Sul)state in southern Brazil
Cite this entry
APA
Rio Grande do Sul. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rio%20Grande%20do%20Sul
MLA
“Rio Grande do Sul.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rio%20Grande%20do%20Sul. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rio Grande do Sul,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rio%20Grande%20do%20Sul.
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