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Brazos

a large river of the United States, in Texas, rising in the N. W. part of the State, and flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, after a course of 900 miles, 40 miles W. S. W. of Galveston.

During the rainy season, from February to May inclusive, it is navigable by steamboats for about 300 miles.

BRAZZA (brat'sa), an island in the Adriatic, part of Dalmatia, 24 miles long and from 5 to 7 broad, mountainous and well wooded. It produces good wines and oil, almonds, silk, etc. Pop. about 23,000.

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