brasas

Updated: January 19, 2026

The word Brasil was the name which the Spaniards gave to the red log-wood, so valuable in dyeing, and various places received that name, where this wood was found. The name is derived from "Brasas," coals, in allusion, probably, to the bright red color of the dye.

Edward Everett Hale - The Life of Columbus : From His Own Letters and Journals and Other Documents of His Time