Brazilija

See also: Brazīlija, Brazīlijā, and Braziliją

Lithuanian

Brazìlija (valstýbė)

Etymology

From brazi̇̀las +‎ -ija.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Brazi̇̀lija f (uncountable, related adjective brazi̇̀liškas, demonym brazi̇̀las, female demonym brazi̇̀lė) stress pattern 1

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

Declension

    Declension of Brazi̇̀lija

nominative	Brazi̇̀lija
genitive	Brazi̇̀lijos
dative	Brazi̇̀lijai
accusative	Brazi̇̀liją
instrumental	Brazi̇̀lija
locative	Brazi̇̀lijoje
vocative	Brazi̇̀lija

See also

countries in South America: Pietų Amerikos valstybės (appendix)edit

• Argentina
• Bolivija
• Brazilija
• Čilė
• Ekvadoras
• Gajana
• Kolumbija
• Paragvajus
• Peru
• Surinamas
• Urugvajus
• Venesuela

Further reading

• “Brazilija”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], 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; the 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), 2014–2025