Pindamonhangaba

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi pindá monhangaba (literally “place of making fishhooks”).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpĩ.dɐ.mõ.ɲɐ̃ˈɡa.bɐ/ [ˌpĩ.dɐ.mõ.j̃ɐ̃ˈɡa.bɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpĩ.da.mo.ɲɐ̃ˈɡa.ba/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌpĩ.dɐ.mu.ɲɐ̃ˈɡa.bɐ/ [ˌpĩ.dɐ.mu.ɲɐ̃ˈɡa.βɐ]

Proper noun

Pindamonhangaba ?

  1. a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Pindamonhangaba”, 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 592, column 2
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