Dia do Fogo

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Portuguese

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Agricultural fires in southern Pará, Brazil in August 2019

Etymology

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Literally, Fire Day.

Proper noun

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Dia do Fogo m

  1. (historical) The date August 10, 2019, known as the start of an illegal large-scale organized deforestation and burning of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.