Mato Grosso do Sul

Etymology
From, literally meaning "Thick Forest of the South".

Usage notes
Do not confuse Mato Grosso do Sul (postal code MS) with its neighboring state that borders it on the north, Mato Grosso (postal code MT).

Other names that were proposed, at the time of the state's establishment and afterwards, include "Pantanal" (a reference to its best known geographical feature) and "Maracaju" (a reference to the Maracaju Mountain Range that crosses the state from north to south).

Translations

 * Arabic: مَاتُو غْرُوسُو دُو سُولْ
 * Armenian: Մատու Գրոսու դու Սուլ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 南馬托格羅索
 * Corsican: Mato Grosso di u Sudu, Mato Grosso do Sul
 * Dutch:
 * French: Mato Grosso du Sud
 * Georgian: მატუ-გროსუ-დუ-სული
 * Greek: Μάτο Γκρόσο ντο Σουλ
 * Italian: Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso del Sud
 * Japanese: マットグロッソ・ド・スル州, 南マットグロッソ州
 * Latin: Matogrossensis Australis
 * Occitan: Mato Grosso del Sud
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: Ма́ту-Гро́су-ду-Сул
 * Spanish: Mato Grosso del Sur

Etymology
lit. 'South Mato Grosso', because was originally the southern part of Mato Grosso that split from it in the late 1970s, forming a new state.

Related terms

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