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'''Rio de Janeiro''' is a major port city and former capital of [[Brazil]]. Its full name is ''Cidade de Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro'', 'City of [[Saint Sebastian]] of the River of January': the bay on which Rio stands was mistaken for a river estuary by the [[Portugal|Portugese]] sailors who entered it on 1 January 1502. It became the Portugese colonial capital in 1763 and remained the Brazilian capital until 1960, when [[Brasilia]] became the capital.
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'''Rio de Janeiro''' is a major port city and former capital of [[Brazil]] and (for a short time) of [[Portugal]]. Its full name is ''Cidade de Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro'', 'City of [[Saint Sebastian]] of the River of January': the bay on which Rio stands was mistaken for a river estuary by the [[Portugal|Portugese]] sailors who entered it on 1 January 1502. It became the Portugese colonial capital in 1763 and remained the Brazilian capital until 1960, when [[Brasilia]] became the capital.
     
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