Botafogo
Botafogo (local/standard Portuguese pronunciation: [bɔtaˈfoɡu] alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [botɐˈfoɡu]) is a beachfront neebourheid (bairro) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a maistly upper middle class an smaw commerce commonty, an is locatit atween the hills o Mundo Novo, Dona Marta (which separates it frae Laranjeiras) an São João (which separates it frae Copacabana).
Botafogo | |
|---|---|
Neebourheid | |
  Botafogo Location in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Coordinates: 22°57′0″S 43°11′3″W / 22.95000°S 43.18417°WCoordinates: 22°57′0″S 43°11′3″W / 22.95000°S 43.18417°W | |
| Kintra |  Brazil |
| State | Rio de Janeiro (RJ) |
| Municipality/Ceety | Rio de Janeiro |
| Zone | South Zone |
Etymology
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Botafogo wis namit efter João Pereira de Sousa Botafogo, who wis responsible for the galleon Botafogo's airtillery, so he includit the ship’s name in his faimily name. When he went tae live in Brazil, the Portuguese Crown grantit him the laund kent the day as Botafogo. The name leeterally means "set it on fire" (a reference tae the Botafogo galleon's artillery power).[1] In the mid-19t century, Inglis leid speakers cried it Boto Fogo an aw.[2]
Attractions an amenities
eeditBotafogo's beach is athin Guanabara Bay, sheltered frae the Atlantic Ocean bi the Urca peninsula an Sugarloaf Mountain. Attractions include the Hame o Ruy Barbosa, the Museu do Índio — which splores the cultur an history o the major indigenous fowks o Brazil — an the Villa-Lobos Museum.[3]
Sports
eeditBotafogo is the hame o Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, a multi-sport club an ane o Brazil's biggest soccer teams.
Infrastructur
eeditThe neebourheid is servit bi ane metro station: Botafogo.
References
eedit- ↑ http://martin.romano.org/ps05/ps05_394.htm
- ↑ Roberts, Edmund (1837). Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 28.
- ↑ Villa-Lobos Museum Website Archived 2013-04-12 at the Wayback Machine