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That’s so interesting! I didn’t know that Brazil was also a “United States.”

I wish that there was a name for US Citizens in the same way but with English being such a shit show combination of too many different languages, I don’t know if that’ll be possible. The only way I see it happening is if the US just “adopts” a word from someone else’s culture, that’s usually how English gets a new word or term.

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silencer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The official name of Mexico is United Mexican States.

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EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I didn’t know that Brazil was also a “United States.”

They’re not; they were using that as an example. They’re actually officially called the Federative Republic of Brazil (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil?wprov=sfla1).

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- valveman@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yes, we were.
  
  Source: I’m Brazilian
  
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  - EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Huh… I stand corrected.
    
    Sorry about that. 👍
    
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    valveman@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    No problem bro, most people here don’t know that because it lasted for about 4 days or so. Our first president liked our flag and national anthem from the imperial era, so he said it was bullshit to change them. That’s why this “Republic of the United States of Brazil” didn’t catch on (thankfully), and got forgotten.
    
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