Matto Grosso

[ mat-uh groh-soh; Portuguese mah-too graw-soo ]

noun

1. Mato Grosso.

Matto Grosso

/ ˈmætəʊ ˈɡrɒsəʊ /

noun

1. See Mato Grosso
   a variant spelling of Mato Grosso

Example Sentences

Platinum grains are found in Brazil, but always in the alluvial lands that contain gold, particularly in those of Matto-Grosso.

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The scene is laid in the deserted Matto Grosso, a favorite background of the author's.

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In 1822 Matto Grosso became a province of the empire and in 1889 a republican state.

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It is still a frontier country; the province is known as the Matto Grosso, the province of the great wooded wilderness.

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Its upper course forms the boundary line between Goyaz and Matto Grosso.

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