Sergipe

[ suhr-zhee-puh ]

noun

1. a state in NE Brazil. 8,490 sq. mi. (21,990 sq. km). : Aracajú.

Sergipe

/ serˈʒipi /

noun

1. a state of NE Brazil: the smallest Brazilian state; a centre of resistance to Dutch conquest (17th century). Capital: Aracajú. Pop: 1 846 039 (2002). Area: 13 672 sq km (8492 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Brazil’s sports court suspended the president of fourth-division club Sergipe for 30 days after he came onto the pitch and punched a referee in a Brazilian Cup match against top-flight team Botafogo in March.

From Seattle Times

Costa also said that the president would visit the state of Sergipe on Feb. 15 to resume a highways program.

From Reuters

Local authorities in Sergipe state, in northeast Brazil, also reported a fatality.

From BBC

Lucas Rosario, a spokesperson for Sergipe’s Public Security Secretariat, which oversees the state’s police, declined to comment on the video’s veracity.

From Washington Post

Sergipe’s Institute of Forensic Medicine, which overseas autopsies, said Thursday that Santos died of asphyxia but that it could not determine the “immediate cause” of death.

From Washington Post