German-Brazilian

A German Brazilian (German: Deutschbrasilianer, Portuguese: teuto-brasileiro or germano-brasileiro) is a Brazilian person of German ancestry or origin. Although there are German Brazilians in many parts of Brazil, they live mostly in the southern part of the country, comprising the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná and Santa Catarina. The 19th century was marked by an intense emigration of Europeans to different parts of the world, which led to... more
top ↑

Similar topics in Freebase

  • Whites in South Africa

    Whites in South Africa

    White South Africans is a term which refers to people from South Africa who are of Caucasian descent. In linguistic, cultural and historical terms, they are generally divided into the Afrikaans-speaking descendants of Dutch settlers Afrikaners and the English-speaking Anglo-Africans who share an...
  • Whites in Namibia

    Whites in Namibia

    White Namibians are people of European or South African birth or descent living in Namibia. Most white Namibians are Afrikaners, while some are descended from German, Portuguese, or English immigrants. About 4,000 commercial land owners, mostly white people, own over 50% the arable land across the...
  • White African

    White African

    White Africans or European Africans are white people living in Africa of European descent. These individuals are mostly of Dutch, British, French, Portuguese, German, and to a lesser extent, Italian, Spanish, Austrian, Scandinavian, Greek, Lithuanian, Belgian, Swiss, and Irish ancestry. Prior to...
  • History of the Jews in Brazil

    History of the Jews in Brazil

    A Brazilian Jewish person (Portuguese: Judeu Brasileiro, Hebrew: יְהוּדִי ברזילי) is a Brazilian person of matrilineal Jewish ancestry, or a Brazilian who converted into Judaism. The history of the Jews in Brazil is a rather long and complex one, as it stretches from the very beginning of the...
  • German Namibians

    German Namibians

    German Namibians (German: Deutschnamibier) are a community of people descended from ethnic German colonists who settled in present-day Namibia. In 1883, a German trader, Adolf Lüderitz, bought (from a local chief) what would become the southern coast of Namibia and founded the city of Lüderitz. The...
  • Austrian-American

    Austrian-American

    Austrian Americans are Americans of Austrian descent. According to the 2000 US census, there are 735,128 Americans of full or partial Austrian descent. The states with the largest Austrian American populations are New York (93,083), California (84,959), Pennsylvania (58,002), Florida (54,214) and...
  • Africans of European Descent

    Africans of European Descent

    White Africans are largely descendants of Europeans who settled on the continent of Africa under colonial rule. These individuals are mostly of Dutch, British, French, Portuguese, and to a lesser extent Italian, Greek, Belgian, Swiss, Spanish, and German ancestry. Prior to the decolonisation...
  • Greeks in Germany

    Greeks in Germany

    The Greeks in Germany form a significant community with a population of 294,891 people according to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, in December 31, 2007. The first Greeks came during the time of the Roman Empire to Central Europe. Significant immigration from Greece to Germany started...
  • Pogesanians

    Pogesanians were one of the eleven Prussian clans mentioned by Peter von Dusburg. The clan lived in Pogesania (German: Pogesanien; Latin: Pogesania; Lithuanian: Pagudė), a small territory stretched between the Elbląg and Pasłęka rivers. It is now located in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship,...
  • Calabrian diaspora

    The term Calabrian Diaspora refers to the migration of Calabrians away from Calabria (Southern Italy) in the period after the unification of Italy in 1876 and the beginning of World War I in 1914. The second period between both world wars and the last period after 1945 (until in the 80’). For the...

You can help improve this topic by adding more facts here

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for German-Brazilian was automatically generated from Wikipedia.org licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
[1]
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution