a state of eastern Brazil, on the Atlantic coast 里约热内卢州(巴西东部一州,濒临大西洋) ■(亦作 Rio)its capital; pop. 5,480,770 (1991). The chief port of Brazil, it was the country's capital from 1763 until 1960, when it was replaced by Brasilia 里约热内卢市(里约热内卢州首府,1991年人口5,480,770;是巴西主要港口城市,1763–1960年曾是巴西首都,后首都迁至巴西利亚)