Demonyms of Brazil (person)

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General

• Brazil - Brazilian, brasileiro(a)

Brazilians are referred to by several other names throughout the world, some of them may be pejorative, annoying, or insulting to some. The list below (including the States and Cities) is provided for completeness only, and intends no disrespect to anyone. Word in emphasis are Portuguese.

Other Names - tupiquim (mildly pejorative, depending on speaker, refers to one of Brazil's principal indigenous tribes)

Regions, States, and Cities

• Jungle, Amazon region
  
  • Acre - Acreano
  • Rio Branco - Rio-branquense
  • Amapá - Amapaense
    • Macapá - Macapense
  • Amazonas - Amazonense
    • Manaus - Manauense, manauara
  • Pará - Paraense
    • Belém - Belenense
  • Rondônia - Rondonense
    • Porto Velho - Porto-velhense
  • Roraima - Roraimense
    • Boa Vista - Boa-vistense
  • Tocatins - Tocantinense
    • Palmas - Palmense


• Northeast, Nordeste region, sertão - Nordestino, cabeça-chata (small head, pejorative), matuto (hick, pejorative) - Much of the nordestino population is descended from African slaves, who live in mostly rural, underdeveloped areas.
  
  • Alagoas - Alagoano
  • Maceió - Maceioense
  • Bahia - Baiano (in some cities in the South, used as a pejorative terms for immigrants from rural areas or blacks)
    • Salvador - Salvadorense, soteropolitano
  • Ceará - Cearense
    • Fortaleza - Fortalezense
  • Maranhão - Maranhense
    • São Luís - São-luisense, ludovicense
  • Paraíba - Paraibano
    • João Pessoa - Pessoense
  • Pernambuco - Pernambucano
    • Recife - Recifense
  • Piauí - Piauiense
    • Teresina - Teresinense
  • Rio Grande do Norte - Rio-grandense-do-norte, norte-rio-grandense, potiguar
    • Natal - Natalense
  • Sergipe - Sergipano
    • Aracaju - Aracajuense


• Southeast, Sud-este region - Sudestino
  
  • Espírito Santo - Espírito-santense, capixaba
    • Vitória - Vitoriense
  • Minas Gerais - Mineiro (literally, "miner")
    • Belo Horizonte - Belo-horizontino
  • Rio de Janeiro - Fluminense (from "river")
    • Niterói - Niteroiense
    • Rio de Janeiro - carioca
  • São Paulo - Paulista
    • São Paulo - Paulistano


• South Sul region
  
  • Paraná - Paranaense
    • Curitiba - Curitibano, curitibense
  • Santa Catarina - Catarinense
    • Florianópolis - Florianopolitano
  • Rio Grande do Sul - Rio-grandense-do-sul, sul-rio-grandense, gaúcho
    • Porto Alegre - Porto-alegrense

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