Paraíba

See also: paraíba

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Paraíba, from Old Tupi pa'ra a'íba (“bad for navigation”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑːɹaɪˈiːbə/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

Paraíba

  1. A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: João Pessoa.

Coordinate terms

states of Braziledit

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Named after the Captaincy of Paraíba, from Old Tupi paraaíba (“bad river”).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.ɾaˈi.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.ɾaˈi.ba/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ɾɐˈi.bɐ/ [pɐ.ɾɐˈi.βɐ]

  • Rhymes: -ibɐ
  • Homophone: paraíba
  • Hyphenation: Pa‧ra‧í‧ba
  • Audio (Brazil):(file)

Proper noun

Paraíba f

  1. a state of the Northeast Region, Brazil; capital: João Pessoa
    Synonym: (abbreviation) PB

Derived terms

See also

states of Brazil: estados do Brasiledit

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Paraíba”, 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 590, column 2
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