Sorriso
[soˈriːzo]Meaning
Italian and Galician word for smile, from Latin subrīsus.
Background Story
Sorriso is the Italian and Galician word for "smile", from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin subrīsus. The Brazilian municipality of Sorriso takes its name from Italian immigrants who cultivated only rice there: "só riso", meaning "only rice", merged into the city's name.
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