Varginha

[ vahr-zhee-nyah ]

noun

1. a city in E Brazil.

Example Sentences

The men holed up in Varginha were part of a new breed of bank robbers conducting a wave of high-impact assaults across the interior of the country, police say.

From Reuters

Authorities said they launched the operation after learning the group was planning another bank robbery in the city of Varginha in Minas Gerais state.

From Washington Post

Police said the group, which had holed up in two locations in Varginha, opened fire on them shortly after their arrival Sunday morning.

From Washington Post

José Marcos Magalhães, president of Minasul, a large coffee co-operative in Varginha in the south of Minas Gerais state that exports to 17 countries, says many of its 8,000 members are smallholders whose margins are being squeezed.

From Los Angeles Times

Bruno added he had been made "very welcome" in Varginha, the city where the club is based.

From BBC