a mountainous province of Brazil, situated between Lat. 14. 30. and 23. S., and Long. 40. and 51. W., is bounded N. by the province of Bahia, W. by Minchinhampton, a market-town of England, county of Gloucester, and 12 miles S. by E. from the town of that name. It is pleasantly situated on a gentle declivity of the Cotswold Hills, but is irregularly built. The parish church is a large cruciform edifice surmounted by an octagonal tower. There are several dissenting places of worship, and national and other schools. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the cloth manufacture, which forms the staple of an extensive district. Pop. of parish (1851), 4,469.

Mińcio (the ancient Mincius), a river of Northern Italy, which issues from the S. extremity of the Lago di Garda, and flowing southward, passes Mantua, and falls into the Po 12 miles below that town, after a course of about 40 miles. In the neighbourhood of Mantua the waters stagnate so as to form shallow lakes of considerable extent. The Mincius is celebrated by Virgil, who dwelt on its banks.