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    Tocantins and Pará. The people of Maranhão have a distinctive accent within the common Northeastern Brazilian dialect. Maranhão is described in literary works...
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    However, they abandoned Maranhão in 1644. In 1677, the city was made the seat of the new Roman Catholic Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão. Only when those invasions...
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    The State of Maranhão (Portuguese: Estado do Maranhão) was the northern of two 17–18th century administrative divisions of the colonial Portuguese Empire...
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    officer by granting him the non-hereditary title of Marquess of Maranhão (Marquês do Maranhão) in the Empire of Brazil. He was also awarded an accompanying...
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  • Taina Maranhão or just Maranhão, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Palmeiras. Born in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Taina Maranhão began...
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  • Look up Maranhão in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maranhão is a northeastern state of Brazil. Maranhão may also refer to: State of Maranhão (colonial)...
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    The State of Maranhão and Piauí (Portuguese: Estado do Maranhão e Piauí) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire. The state was created in 1772...
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    The State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão (Portuguese: Estado do Grão-Pará e Maranhão) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire. The state was created...
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  • (1621–1815) State of Maranhão (Estado do Maranhão) (1621–1751) State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão (Estado do Grão-Pará e Maranhão) (1751–1772) State of...
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    Grão-Pará and Rio Negro and the State of Maranhão and Piauí, which had been split from the State of Maranhão, were reincorporated into the State of Brazil...
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    The Captaincy of Maranhão (Portuguese: Capitania do Maranhão) was one of the administrative subdivisions of the Brazilian territory during the colonial...
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    Portuguese had to fight, notably the French in Rio during the 1560s, in Maranhão during the 1610s, and the Dutch in Bahia and Pernambuco, during the Dutch–Portuguese...
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  • Heloísa dos Reis Maranhão (1925 – 15 December 2014) was a Brazilian novelist, playwright and short-story writer. Heloísa Maranhão was born in Rio de Janeiro...
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  • Maranhão State may refer to: Maranhão Maranhão (former state), 1621–1751 This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations...
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    as Willian Maranhão, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Avaí. Born in São Luís, Maranhão, Willian Maranhão was a Boavista...
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    Paraíba. He was the son of Benjamim Gomes Maranhão, ex-mayor of Araruna, Paraíba and Dona Benedita Targino Maranhão (Dona YaYá). Allied with PMDB, he was...
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  • Jefferson Maranhão may refer to: Jefferson Maranhão (footballer, born 1989), Jefferson Viana Correa, Brazilian football midfielder Jefferson Maranhão (footballer...
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    Miss Maranhão is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the State of Maranhão at the Miss Brazil contest. The pageant was created...
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    University of Maranhão (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Maranhão, UFMA) is a federal university in the northeastern state of Maranhão, Brazil. List...
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  • The Tibira do Maranhão was the first documented case of execution due to homosexuality in Brazil. Tibira was a Tupinambá native of Maranhão. In 1614, 2...
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    in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 40,149 people in a three-tier configuration. The stadium is owned by the Maranhão state Government...
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    fifth (tax on precious metals) from the Portuguese colonies of Brazil and Maranhão. Most estimates place the number of Portuguese migrants to Colonial Brazil...
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    Caxias is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil. It is the fifth largest city in the state, with a population of 165...
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    east. The Maranhão Babaçu forests cover an area of 141,591 square kilometers (54,669 sq mi), extending across northeastern and central Maranhão state and...
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    The Portuguese conquest of Maranhão took place between 23 August 1612 and 3 November 1615, in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, between Portuguese and Tabajara...
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    Ivan Miguel Conti Maranhão (16 August 1946 – 17 April 2023), also known as Mamão, was a Brazilian drummer, percussionist and composer. He gained prominence...
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  • Rodrigo Maranhão, is a Brazilian football player for Nakhon Si United. After some experiences between Brazil and Thailand, Rodrigo Maranhão opted to...
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  • do Maranhão (FAMEM) - Colinas". Archived from the original on January 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-03. "Federação dos Municípios do Estado do Maranhão (FAMEM)...
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    Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (category Protected areas of Maranhão)
    National Park (Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses) is a national park in Maranhão state in northeastern Brazil, just east of the Baía de São José. Protected...
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  • state of Maranhão, Brazil, which involved boys aged 4–15. They were kidnapped, maimed and killed between 1991 and 2003. According to the Maranhão judge,...
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