Curitiba

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kjuːrit͡ʃiːbɑː/

Proper noun

Curitiba

  1. A municipality, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil.

Translations

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ku.ɾiˈt͡ʃi.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ku.ɾiˈt͡ʃi.ba/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ɾiˈti.bɐ/ [ku.ɾiˈti.βɐ]

  • Rhymes: -ibɐ
  • Hyphenation: Cu‧ri‧ti‧ba

Proper noun

Curitiba f

  1. Curitiba (a municipality, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Curitiba”, 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 559, column 1
  2. ^ João Carlos Vicente Ferreira (2006) “Curitiba”, in Municípios paranaenses: origens e significados de seus nomes [Paraná's municipalities: the origin and meaning of their names] (Paraná da Gente; 5)‎[1] (in Portuguese), Curitiba: Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, page 99

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuɾiˈtiba/ [ku.ɾiˈt̪i.β̞a]
  • IPA(key): /kuɾiˈt͡ʃiba/ [ku.ɾiˈt͡ʃi.β̞a] (imitating Brazilian Portuguese)
  • Rhymes: -iba
  • Syllabification: Cu‧ri‧ti‧ba

Proper noun

Curitiba f

  1. Curitiba (a municipality, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil)