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Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso State in w central Brazil, bordered s by Mato Grosso do Sul, and w and sw by Bolivia; the capital is Cuiabà. First settled in the early 18th century by miners seeking gold and diamonds, it became a state in 1889. Much of the area lies on the central plateau of Brazil, but there is rainforest in the n and marshland in the sw. The w has good grazing land and cattle rearing is the chief occupation. Rice, maize, and sugar-cane are grown. There are extensive mineral deposits but most of them remain unexploited. Area: 881,000sq km (340,156sq mi). Pop. (2000) 2,498,150.
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Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso (mä´tŏŏ grô´sŏŏ) [Port.,=thick forest], state (1996 pop. 2,227,983), 348,038 sq mi (901,420 sq km), central and W Brazil. The capital is Cuiabá.
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Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso •basso, El Paso, Picasso, Sargasso, Tasso
•fatso, paparazzo, terrazzo
•Brasso
•espresso, gesso
•intermezzo, mezzo
•scherzo
•peso, say-so
•calypso, dipso
•schizo • Mato Grosso • torso • also
•amoroso, capriccioso, oloroso, so-so
•Caruso, Robinson Crusoe, Rousseau, trousseau
•so-and-so
•Curaçao, curassow
•Thurso, verso
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