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sertão

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Borrowed from Portuguese sertão.

noun sertãos · sertões

  1. The semi-arid, barren inland portion of northeastern Brazil. The news soon spread throughout the sertão: the saint who had wandered the length and breadth of the land for a quarter of a century had put down roots in that place surrounded by stony hills called Canudos […].
  2. broadly A similarly arid area in another region or country.

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"sertão." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sert%C3%A3o. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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sertão. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sert%C3%A3o

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"sertão." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sert%C3%A3o.

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@misc{serta_o_2026,
  title = {sertão},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sert%C3%A3o},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}