Cuiabá

English

Proper noun

Cuiabá

  1. A municipality, the state capital of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi kuîaba.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuj.aˈba/ [kuɪ̯.aˈba]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuj.ɐˈba/ [kuj.ɐˈβa]

Proper noun

Cuiabá ?

  1. Cuiabá (a municipality, the state capital of Mato Grosso, Brazil)

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Cuiabá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 558, column 1
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