backlands
1Backlands — infobox UK place country = Scotland static static image caption= latitude= 57.70 longitude= 03.44 official name =Backlands population = shire district= shire county= Moray metropolitan borough= metropolitan county = region= constituency… …
2backlands — n. sparsely settled rural area, inner and mostly unsettled part of a country …
3backlands — another term for backcountry. 2》 land behind an area which is built on or otherwise developed. → backland …
4The Devil to Pay in the Backlands — Grande Sertão: Veredas (Portuguese for Big Hinterland: Tracks , English translation: The Devil to Pay in the Backlands ) is an influential novel published in 1956 by the Brazilian writer João Guimarães Rosa. The original title refers to the… …
5Brazilian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Portuguese language in Brazil. Colonial period Brazil was claimed for Portugal in 1500 and was named for the land s first export product, pau brasil (brazilwood), trade in which… …
6João Guimarães Rosa — Infobox Writer name = João Guimarães Rosa birthdate = birth date|1908|6|27|df=y birthplace = Cordisburgo, Minas Gerais, Brazil deathdate = death date and age|1967|11|19|1908|6|27|df=y deathplace = Rio de Janeiro occupation = Novelist, short story …
7brazil — /breuh zil /, n. brazilwood. [1350 1400; ME brasile < ML < It < Sp brasil, deriv. of brasa live coal (the wood being red in color) < Gmc; see BRAISE] * * * Brazil Introduction Brazil Background: Following three centuries under the rule of… …
8Brazil — Brazilian /breuh zil yeuhn/, adj., n. /breuh zil /, n. a republic in South America. 164,511,366; 3,286,170 sq. mi. (8,511,180 sq. km). Cap.: Brasília. Portuguese and Spanish, Brasil. Official name, Federative Republic of Brazil. * * * Brazil… …
9Ceará — Port. /se ah rddah /, n. Fortaleza. * * * ▪ state, Brazil estado (state) of northeastern Brazil. It is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the Atlantic and the states of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba, on the south… …
10Antônio Conselheiro — ( Anthony the Counselor , real name Antônio Vicente Mendes Maciel, March 13, 1830, Quixeramobim, state of Ceará, Brazil – September 22, 1897, Bello Monte, also known as Canudos, state of Bahia) was a religious man, preacher, and founder of the… …
