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" Garota de Ipanema " (" The Girl from Ipanema ") is a Brazilian bossa nova jazz song . It was a ___MASK98___ hit in the mid - 1960s and won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965 . It was written in 1962 , with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes . English lyrics were written later by Norman Gimbel . Carioca is a Brazilian noun or adjective used to refer to anything related to Rio de Janeiro , the capital and the homonymous state of Rio de Janeiro , in ___MASK44___ . The original word , " kara ' i oka ", comes from the indigenous Tupi language meaning " house of carijó ", which was a native tribe of Rio de Janeiro who lived in the vicinities of Carioca River , between Glória and Flamengo neighbourhoods . The Americas , also collectively called America , encompass the totality of the continents of North America and South America . Together they make up most of Earth ' s western hemisphere and comprise the " New ___MASK12___ ". Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim ( January 25 , 1927December 8 , 1994 ), also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian composer , pianist , songwriter , arranger and singer . He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style , and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within ___MASK44___ and internationally . A ___MASK12___ Heritage Site is a landmark which has been officially recognized by the United Nations , specifically by UNESCO . Sites are selected on the basis of having cultural , historical , scientific or some other form of significance , and they are legally protected by international treaties . UNESCO regards these sites as being important to the collective interests of humanity . Ipanema is an affluent neighbourhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro ( ___MASK44___ ), between Leblon and Arpoador . The beach at Ipanema became widely known by the song " The Girl from Ipanema " ("" Garota de Ipanema ""), written by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes . Arpoador ( literally , the harpoon thrower ) is a region located on the southern zone of the city Rio de Janeiro , in a small peninsula between Ipanema and Copacabana . Part of its territory belongs to the neighbourhood of Ipanema , and part to Copacabana . Rio de Janeiro (" River of January "), or simply Rio , is the second - most populous municipality in ___MASK44___ and the sixth - most populous in the Americas . The metropolis is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area , the second - most populous metropolitan area in ___MASK44___ and sixth - most populous in the Americas . Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro , ___MASK44___ ' s third - most populous state . Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site , named "" Rio de Janeiro : Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea "", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape . ___MASK44___ , officially the Federative Republic of ___MASK44___ , is the largest country in both South America and Latin America . As the world ' s fifth - largest country by both area and population , it is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas . Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , ___MASK44___ has a coastline of . It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47 . 3 % of the continent ' s land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest , home to diverse wildlife , a variety of ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes ___MASK44___ one of 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection .