Geography, asked by Parassingh9967, 10 months ago

Where does the name of Brazil came from

Answers

Answered by Anonymous

Answer:

Early names

The land of what became Brazil was first called Ilha de Vera Cruz ("Island of the True Cross") by the Portuguese captain Pedro Álvares Cabral, upon the Portuguese discovery of the land in 1500, probably in honor of the Feast of the Cross (May 3 on the liturgical calendar).

Previous Question

Next Question

Similar questions

English, 5 months ago

27. Who has read this novel? change into passive voice...

Math, 5 months ago

Check whether x (x + 3) + 5 = (x + 4) (x-2) is a quadratic equation. Section TT...

Biology, 5 months ago

Give the characters of Bryophyta...

Computer Science, 10 months ago

_____ is a reference data type in java.

Physics, 10 months ago

Derive the relation for minimum and maximum acceleration velocity and displacement in shm...

Math, 1 year ago

A man lost 1500 in one transaction and gained 1200 in another. What was his net profitor loss? 7. The sum of two integers is 75. If one of them is -30, find the other. 8. From the sum of -19 and -11, subtract 30. 9. What must be added to -53 to get -18? write the no. which you are doing ...

English, 1 year ago

Anne stand out as a girl who never loses her optimism and change in spite of courage circumstances described by given examples...

Biology, 1 year ago

In a population of 2000 individuals 900 individuals are suffering from a recessive autosomal disease and 500 are carriers the gene frequency of recessive gene is the answer is 67percent plz explain how...