歷史今天:1822年巴西獨立(9.7)

【英文原文】

Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil), is a country in South America. It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of over 7,491 kilometers (4,655 mi). It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana; on the northwest by Colombia; on the west by Bolivia and Peru; on the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay. Numerous archipelagos are part of the Brazilian territory, such as Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks, and Trindade and Martim Vaz.

【中文譯文】

巴西（葡萄牙語：Brasil），正式名稱爲巴西聯邦共和國（葡萄牙語：República Federativa do Brasil），是南美的一個國家。面積和人口都是世界第五大的國家，佔了南美近一半的面積，也是人口世界第四人的民主國家。東臨大西洋，巴西的海岸線超過了七千四百九十一公里（4655英里）。北部與委內瑞拉，圭亞那，蘇里南和法屬圭亞那接壤，西北方向是哥倫比亞，西面是玻利維亞和祕魯;西南方向是阿根廷和巴拉圭；南面則是烏拉圭。費爾南多-迪諾羅尼亞，羅考什環礁，聖彼得和保羅岩石，特林達德和馬丁瓦斯羣島也都是巴西的一部分。