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From a very common wood widely explored by the Portuguese colonyzer in the XIV century called "PAU BRASIL". "pau" being the portuguese for "stick", explained by it's thin trunk, and "brasil" coming from "brasa" meaning "cinder" explained by it's red color.
This wood was explored to make an exotic live red fabric painting.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoBrazil was named after "pau-brasil", an abundant tree at the time of the discovery, which has a reddish-brown trunk, ressembling a brazier.
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∙ 9y agoFrom one tree called "Pau-Brasil".Brazil had a lot of them, so the portuguese colonizers gave this name.
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Where do Brazil get its name?
From one tree called "Pau-Brasil". So as Brazil had a lot of them, the portuguese colonizers gave this name.
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