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First name Brazil had was: Ilha de Vera Cruz (Vera Cruz Island)

Than when they saw it was not an island, they've changed it to: Terra de Santa Cruz (Land of Santa Cruz)

Finally, before starting extracting a tree named "Pau-Brasil", the portuguese renamed the land as Brasil (Brazil)

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