Meaning of sertão | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The semi-arid, barren inland portion of northeastern Brazil.
2. A similarly arid area in another region or country.
   broadly

Equivalents

Examples

“The news soon spread throughout the sertão: the saint who had wandered the length and breadth of the land for a quarter of a century had put down roots in that place surrounded by stony hills called Canudos […].”

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