Paranawasú

Nheengatu

Etymology

From paranawasú (literally “big river”).

Proper noun

Paranawasú

  1. (Rio Negro, colloquial) Rio Negro (a river in Brazil)
    Synonym: Paraná Pixuna

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “Paranawasú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 581
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