Paranaûasu

Old Tupi

Etymology

    From paraná (“river”) +‎ -ûasu (“big”).

    Proper noun

    Paranaûasu (Língua Geral Amazônica)

    1. (hapax legomenon) Amazon (a river in northern South America)
      Synonym: Paranapitinga

    References

    • Francisco Xavier Ribeiro Sampaio (1774–1775) Diario da Viagem da Capitania do Rio Negro (in Portuguese), line LXX; republished Lisbon: Typografia da Academia, 1825, page 26: “Paranáuasú [Paranaûasu]”
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