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Hy Brasil, Hy-Brazil|haɪ brəˈzɪl|
Also 9 Brasil Rock, O'Brazil.
[Cf. Brazil1.]
Name originally applied to one of the larger islands of the Azores; subsequently and chiefly to a legendary island located off the west coast of Ireland.
[1436A. Bianco Atlas (1869) (caption) Y de borzil.] 1812J. Purdy Mem. N. Atlantic Ocean iv. i. 128 Brasil Rock, in lat. 51° 10′, and long. 15° 58′..although its existence has been doubted..it was, however, seen in the year 1791. 1843G. Griffin Works VIII. 210 On the ocean that hollows the rocks where ye dwell, A shadowy land has appeared as they tell; Men thought it a region of sunshine and rest, And they called it O'Brazil—the isle of the blest. 1899Kipling Stalky p. vii, Far and sure our bands have gone—Hy-Brasil or Babylon. 1906― Puck of Pook's Hill 14 Sir Huon..setting off from Tintagel Castle for Hy-Brasil. 1948L. MacNeice Holes in Sky 30 Both myth and seismic history have been long suppressed Which made and unmade Hy Brazil. 1967V. Gielgud Conduct of Member xviii. 139 Want to go a long way..Cipangu—or better, Hy-Brazil. The world was more fun when its countries had names like these. |