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Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, the Glossary

Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (Portuguese: Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas) is a lagoon in the district of Lagoa in the Zona Sul (South Zone) area of Rio de Janeiro.^[1]

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Lagoons of Brazil
Landforms of Rio de Janeiro (state)
Olympic canoeing venues
Olympic rowing venues
Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Bank (geography)

In geography, a bank is the land alongside a body of water.

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Botafogo

Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation) is a beachfront neighborhood (bairro) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Caiçaras Club

Founded in 1931, Caiçaras Club is a private leisure club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Canal

Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi).

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Canoe sprint

Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance.

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Canoeing at the 2007 Pan American Games

Canoeing at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, the same venue that hosted the Rowing and Water Skiing.

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Captaincy

A captaincy (capitanía, capitania, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires.

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Cavalry

Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.

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Copacabana is a bairro (neighbourhood) located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon and Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro are venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Councillor

A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council.

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CR Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football team.

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CR Vasco da Gama

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (English: Vasco da Gama Club of Rowing), commonly referred to as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams.

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Dotdash Meredith

Dotdash Meredith (formerly The Mining Company, About.com and Dotdash) is an American digital media company based in New York City.

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Dredging

Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment.

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Eva Klabin House Museum

The Eva Klabin House Museum (in Portuguese, Casa Museu Eva Klabin) is an historic house museum located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Gastronomy

Gastronomy is the study of the relationship between food and culture, the art of preparing and serving rich or delicate and appetizing food, the cooking styles of particular regions, and the science of good eating.

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Gávea

Gávea is an affluent residential neighborhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Grupo Globo

Grupo Globo (Globo Group), formerly and still legally known as Organizações Globo (Globo Organization), is a Brazilian private entertainment and mass media conglomerate based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Humaitá, Rio de Janeiro

Humaitá is a residential district in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

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IAC Inc.

IAC Inc. is an American holding company that owns brands across 100 countries, mostly in media and Internet.

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Internet Group

Internet Group do Brasil (iG) is a Brazilian Internet service provider that owns and operates web portals and provides a variety of services, including news, shopping and stock information.

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Ipanema

Ipanema is a neighbourhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Leblon and Arpoador.

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Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro

Jardim Botânico is a wealthy residential neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located north of Ipanema and Leblon, just across Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and east of Gávea.

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Kilometre

The kilometre (SI symbol: km; or), spelt kilometer in American English and Philippine English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for). It is the preferred measurement unit to express distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the United Kingdom where the statute mile is used.

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Kiosk

Historically, a kiosk was a small garden pavilion open on some or all sides common in Persia, the Indian subcontinent, and in the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century onward.

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Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro

Lagoa (English: Lagoon) is an affluent residential neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil located around the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon.

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Lagoon

A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses.

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Leblon

Leblon (Portuguese: /leˈblõ/) is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Mile

The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards.

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Paissandu Atlético Clube

Paissandu Atlético Clube, commonly known as Paissandu, is a sports club from the Brazilian metropolis of Rio de Janeiro.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.

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Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

The Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden or Jardim Botânico is located at the Jardim Botânico district in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon and Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden are National heritage sites of Rio de Janeiro (state).

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Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon

Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (Portuguese: Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas) is a lagoon in the district of Lagoa in the Zona Sul (South Zone) area of Rio de Janeiro. Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon and Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon are geography of Rio de Janeiro (city), lagoons of Brazil, landforms of Rio de Janeiro (state), National heritage sites of Rio de Janeiro (state), Olympic canoeing venues, Olympic rowing venues and venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Rowing (sport)

Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars.

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Rowing at the 2007 Pan American Games

Rowing at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, the same venue that hosted the Canoe and Kayak and Water Skiing events.

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Seawater

Seawater, or sea water, is water from a sea or ocean.

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Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus.

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South Zone (Rio de Janeiro)

The South Zone (Portuguese: Zona Sul -) is an area of the city of Rio de Janeiro situated between the Tijuca Massif, the Atlantic Ocean and Guanabara Bay.

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Sports venue

A sports venue is a building, structure, or place in which a sporting competition is held.

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Square metre

The square metre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter (American spelling) is the unit of area in the International System of Units (SI) with symbol m2.

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Sugarcane mill

A sugar cane mill is a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw sugar or plantation white sugar.

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Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil

The Portuguese royal court transferred from Lisbon to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in a strategic retreat of Queen Maria I of Portugal, prince regent John, the Braganza royal family, its court, and senior officials, totaling nearly 10,000 people, on 27 November 1807.

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Tributary

A tributary, or an affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake.

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Tupi people

The Tupi people, a subdivision of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic families, were one of the largest groups of indigenous peoples in Brazil before its colonization.

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Upper middle class

In sociology, the upper middle class is the social group constituted by higher status members of the middle class.

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Water skiing at the 2007 Pan American Games

Water skiing competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro was held from July 21 to July 24 at the Caiçaras Club.

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Widow

A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died and has usually not remarried.

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2007 Pan American Games

The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007.

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2016 Summer Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.

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2016 Summer Paralympics

The 2016 Summer Paralympics, the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_de_Freitas_Lagoon

Also known as Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Rowing Stadium of the Lagoon.

, 2007 Pan American Games, 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, the Glossary

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See also

Lagoons of Brazil

Landforms of Rio de Janeiro (state)

Olympic canoeing venues

Olympic rowing venues

Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics

References