Geraizeiro
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Geraizeiro are the traditional inhabitants of the cerrados regions of northern Minas Gerais state, in the Southeast region of Brazil.[1][2][3][4]
This term derives from the fact that in the north of this state and in the cerrado regions they are known as Gerais, a contraction of Matos Gerais (general bushes). The first name of Minas Gerais was Capitania das Minas dos Matos Gerais, that is, Captaincy of the Mines in the General Bushes. "Mines" here refers to the mining of gold and diamond; "general bushes" refers to cerrado and, near the border with Bahia, caatinga.[5][6][7] Geraizeiro can also be called catrumano,[8] baianeiro, abaianado. Geraizeiro is also the name of the Brazilian Portuguese accent in the north of Minas Gerais. The central and east regions of the state speak mineiro. South and west Minas Gerais speak caipira.
