BRASILIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brasilia mean? 

• BRASILIA (noun)
  The noun BRASILIA has 1 sense:

1. the capital of Brazil; a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960

  Familiarity information: BRASILIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRASILIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital of Brazil; a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Brasilia; Brazilian capital; capital of Brazil

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Brasilia" is a part of...):

Brasil; Brazil; Federative Republic of Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)