Austrian Brazilians (
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
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: ''Austro-brasileiro, Austríaco brasileiro'') refers to
Brazilians of full, partial, or predominantly Austrian ancestry, or Austrian-born people residing in Brazil. Brazil is home to the second largest German-Austrian population outside their respective nations, after the United States.
German is the second most spoken language in the country.
The author
Stefan Zweig who wrote about Brazil, and the Habsburg-Lorraine
Maria Leopoldina of Austria
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, house = Habsburg-Lorraine
, father = Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
, mother = Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily
, religion = Roman Catholicism
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Empress consort of Brazil, are among the most prominent Austrians to settle in Brazil.
Notable Austrian Brazilians
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Jorge Mautner
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Cláudio Heinrich
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Juca Chaves
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Fritz Köberle
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Erwin Kräutler
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Maria II of Portugal
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, caption = Portrait by John Simpson, 1835
, succession = Queen of Portugal
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, predecessor = Pedro IV
, successor = Miguel I
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Maria Leopoldina of Austria
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, house = Habsburg-Lorraine
, father = Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
, mother = Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily
, religion = Roman Catholicism
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Princess Francisca of Brazil
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Otto Maria Carpeaux
Otto Maria Carpeaux (March 9, 1900 – February 3, 1978), born Otto Karpfen, was an Austrian-born Brazilian literary critic and multilingual scholar.
Career overview
Carpeaux was born Otto Karpfen in 1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, to a Jewish f ...
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Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
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Pedro II of Brazil
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Pedro Neschling
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Stefan Zweig
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Xuxa
Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel ( ; ; born Maria da Graça Meneghel, 27 March 1963) is a Brazilian television host, film actress, singer, model, and businesswoman. Known as "Queen of Little Ones", Xuxa built the largest Latin American children's e ...
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Adriano Laaber
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Taís Araújo
See also
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Austria–Brazil relations
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Immigration to Brazil
Immigration to Brazil is the movement to Brazil of foreign peoples to reside permanently. It should not be confused with the colonization of the country by the Portuguese, or with the forcible bringing of people from Africa as slaves. Latin ...
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White Brazilians
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Austrian people
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, pop1 = 684,184
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, pop2 = 345,620
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, pop3 = 197,990
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German Brazilian
German Brazilians (German: ''Deutschbrasilianer'', Hunsrik: ''Deitschbrasiliooner'', pt, teuto-brasileiros) refers to Brazilians of full or partial German ancestry. German Brazilians live mostly in the country's South Region, with a smaller bu ...
References
External links
{{Portal bar, Austria, Brazil
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