Flamengo
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Flamengo is the name of a neighborhood (bairro) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located between the Centro and Botafogo districts on the edge of Guanabara Bay. The beach front area is dominated by a park (the Parque do Flamengo) built on nearly 300 acres of land reclaimed from the bay and completed in 1960.
Flamengo is also a name of a multimodality sportive association, and Brazil's biggest soccer team.