Pantanal
See also: pantanal
English
Etymology
From Brazilian Portuguese Pantanal, from pantanal (“wetland, bog”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑntəˌnɑl/, /ˌpɑntəˈnɑl/, /ˈpæn-/, /-næl/
Proper noun
Pantanal
- A tropical wetlands region of central South America.
- 2024 August 27, Ana Ionova, “The World’s Largest Wetland Is Burning, and Rare Animals Are Dying”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Usually flooded for much of the year, the Pantanal in recent years has been parched by a string of severe droughts that scientists have linked to deforestation and climate change.
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Portuguese
Etymology
From pantanal (“wetland, bog”). Compare the more common homonym pântano.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɐ̃.taˈnaw/ [pɐ̃.taˈnaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ̃.tɐˈnal/ [pɐ̃.tɐˈnaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ̃.tɐˈna.li/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
- Hyphenation: Pan‧ta‧nal
Proper noun
Pantanal m
- Pantanal (tropical wetlands region in central South America)
- a neighborhood of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- a neighborhood of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- a neighborhood of Macapá, Amapá, Brazil