Cruzeiro do Sul
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Cruzeiro do Sul is the name of the Southern Cross (Crux) constellation in Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

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It may refer to any of the following:
  • Cruzeiro do Sul
    Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre
    Cruzeiro do Sul is a municipality located on the Jurua river in the west of the Brazilian state of Acre. Its population is 73, 948 and its area is 7,925 km²....

    , a town in the state of Acre, Brazil
  • Cruzeiro do Sul
    Cruzeiro do Sul, Paraná
    Cruzeiro do Sul, Paraná is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...

    , a town in the state of Paraná, Brazil
  • Cruzeiro do Sul
    Cruzeiro do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
    -See also:*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul...

    , a town in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Cruzeiro do Sul
    Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul
    Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul, was the second oldest airline of Brazil, tracing its origins to 1927, when it was founded as Syndicato Condor, a subsidiary of Deutsche Luft Hansa. Syndicato Condor retained rights and interests of a former German trade company, Condor Syndikat, which previously...

    , a now defunct Brazilian airline, founded in 1927
  • Cruzeiro do Sul
    Order of the Southern Cross
    The National Order of the Southern Cross is a Brazilian order of chivalry founded by Emperor Pedro I on 1 December 1822. This order was intended to commemorate the independence of Brazil and the coronation of Pedro I...

    , the Order of the Southern Cross, Brazil's highest order of merit
  • Cruzeiro do Sul, an old Samba school
    Samba school
    A samba school is a club or dancing school. They practice and often perform in huge square-compounds devoted to practicing and exhibiting samba, an African-Brazilian dance. The schools are traditionally associated with a particular neighborhood, often shanty towns...

     in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul
  • Cruzeiro do Sul, a 1966 film by Fernando Lopes
    Fernando Lopes (filmmaker)
    Fernando Lopes, GCIH is a Portuguese film director.-Filmography:*98 Octanas *Lá Fora *Delfim, O aka Dauphin, Le *Cinema *Gérard, Fotógrafo *Fio do Horizonte, O...

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