Brazilija

See also: Brazīlija, Brazīlijā, and Braziliją

Lithuanian

Brazìlija (valstýbė)

Etymology

From brazìlas ‎ -ija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [brɐˈzʲɪlʲɪjɛ]
• Hyphenation: Bra‧zi‧li‧ja

Proper noun

Brazìlija f (uncountable, related adjective brazìliškas, demonym brazìlas, female demonym brazìlė) stress pattern 1

1. Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: Brazìlijos Federãcinė Respùblika)
2. Brasília (a municipality, the capital city of Brazil; state capital of Distrito Federal, Brazil)

Declension

    Declension of Brazìlija

nominative	Brazìlija
genitive	Brazìlijos
dative	Brazìlijai
accusative	Brazìliją
instrumental	Brazìlija
locative	Brazìlijoje
vocative	Brazìlija

See also

• (countries of South America) Pietų Amerikos valstybės; Argentina, Bolivija, Brazilija, Čilė, Ekvadoras, Gajana, Kolumbija, Paragvajus, Peru, Surinamas, Urugvajus, Venesuela

Further reading

• “Brazilija”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas, ekalba.lt, n.d.
• Brazilija in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Brasília, from Portugese Brasília.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brǎziːlija/
• IPA^(key): /brazîːlija/
• Hyphenation: bra‧zi‧li‧ja

Proper noun

Bràzīlija or Brazȋlija f (Cyrillic spelling Бра̀зӣлија or Брази̑лија)

1. Brasília (a municipality, the capital city of Brazil; state capital of Distrito Federal, Brazil)
2. (obsolete) Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

   Synonym: Brazil

   • 1912, Stjepan Srkulj, Pregled opće i hrvatske povijesti‎^[1], 3rd edition, Zagreb: naklada piščeva, page 112:

     Brazilija se proglasi samostalnom i slobodnom pod carem Pedrom I.

     Brazil declared itself independent and free under the emperor Pedro I

Declension

Declension of Brazilija

	singular
nominative	Bràzīlija
genitive	Bràzīlijē
dative	Bràzīliji
accusative	Bràzīliju
vocative	Bràzīlijo
locative	Bràzīliji
instrumental	Bràzīlijōm

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brazìːlija/

Proper noun

Brazílija f

1. Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America; official name: Federatívna repúblika Brazílija)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Brazílija
genitive	Brazílije
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Brazílija
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Brazílije
dative (dajȃlnik)	Brazíliji
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Brazílijo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Brazíliji
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Brazílijo

Related terms

• Brazílec / Brazílka
• brazílski

Further reading

• “Brazilija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024