Itamogûaîa

Old Tupi

Etymology

From itá +‎ mogûaî +‎ -a, literally “cut stone”.

Proper noun

Itamogûaîa

  1. an island of Guanabara Bay, equivalent to modern-day Villegagnon Island, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

References

  • anonymous author (1622) “Jlha de Uillagalhão”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 9: “Itamoguaya”
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