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Carioca definition

Cari·oca (kar′ē ō′kə)

noun

a person born or living in Rio de Janeiro

Etymology: BrazPort < Tupí, lit., white house

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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