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São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
"Rio de Janeiro" is portuguese for "River of January"
The city of Rio de Janeiro proper was founded by the Portuguese on March 1, 1565 and was named São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, in honor of St. Sebastian,
The amazon river is the Amazon, in the north of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro is in Brazil´s southeast. Even though the Amazon River is some 4 thousand kilometers long, its closest point to Rio de Janeiro is still about 2500 km away.
Rio de Janeiro literally means in Portuguese, January River. The place where the future city would grow was first discovered in January, 1502.
River of January.
when the portuguese "colonos" first saw the guanabara bay, they thought it was the end of a river (Rio), and since that was in January (janeiro) they named the city they founded there Rio de janeiro (January's river). The harbor was discovered in January. The name means river of January. It was named in Portuguese after the date the Portuguese discovered it.
Brazil's 2nd largest city is Rio de Janeiro
The Portuguese founded Rio de Janeiro
River Of Janurary
São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro. A nickname is 'A Citade Maravilhosa' the marvelous city
Rio de Janeiro is Portuguese for River of January.