A city of extreme southern Brazil at the southern entrance of the Lagoa dos Patos. It is a major processing and shipping center. Population: 188,000.
Rio Grande
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Rio Gran·de2 (grăn'də, gräN'dĭ)  |
A city of extreme southern Brazil at the southern entrance of the Lagoa dos Patos. It is a major processing and shipping center. Population: 188,000.
| Dictionary of Dance: Rio Grande |
Ballet in one act with choreography by Ashton, music by Lambert, and design by Burra. Premiered 29 Nov. 1931 by the Camargo Society at the Savoy Theatre, London, with Lopokova, Gore, Markova, and Chappell. It is set in a Southern port and its action (described by Beaumont as ‘an orgy of sailors and their doxies’) is loosely based on Sacheverell Sitwell's poem of the same title. It was revived for the Vic-Wells Ballet in 1935, when Fonteyn was cast as the Creole Girl, her first significant role.
| Columbia Encyclopedia: Rio Grande |
Rio Grande (rē'ʊ grän'dĭ), city (1991 pop. 172,422), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil, on the Rio Grande River at the outlet of the Lagoa dos Patos (a tidal lagoon) to the Atlantic Ocean. It is an important outport for the city of Pôrto Alegre on the northern end of the lagoon. Rio Grande has oil refineries and factories producing foodstuffs, leather, and tires. The city was founded in 1737.
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