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This name is rarely used in Brazil nowadays, being mostly associated with a district in the city of São Paulo with many factories and warehouses, known as a center of textile manufacturing.
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The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas (Portuguese: Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas), also translated as “Epitaph of a Small Winner”, is a novel by the Brazilian writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. The novel is narrated by the dead protagonist Brás Cubas, who tells his own life story from beyond the grave, noting his mistakes and failed romances.
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The name of the country Brazil is not related to the name Bras. It's derived from a kind of tree, brazilwood, which name means "red like ember" in Latin.
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Also spelt Brás. [noted -ed]
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No one says this site is for English-speaking peoples only or everyone in the world should speak/understand English. Who could guess that Vassily and Brasil actually come from the same origin since in Portuguese Brasil means Brazil?
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Bras are lingerie that women wear to support their breasts. Maybe in Portugal or Brazil it would work, but not in an English-speaking state!
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